Lett's TV21 Diary: Another Boring Day at School!

I picked up an old TV21 Diary by Lett's a while back.

I've seen it before and always liked the fact that great illustrations of Project SWORD's Snow Train and Booster Rocket even got a couple of half-pages.

Fascinatingly this old copy has been filled in by it's young owner, back in 1971. He was definitely bored at school! 

It's a real glimpse into childhood back then. The entries end in March.

Did you have this TV21 diary?

Did you keep any kind of diary readers? 

Lett's Write About The Future

Lett's TV 21 Diary gave another airing to SWORD's Beetle/ Snow Train on page 207 [below]. It would have made a fabulous Century 21 toy. Imai had a go a few years later with their remote control model kit of the Beetle, which they named Thunderbird 7 and sadly removed any reference to SWORD on the box. Technically the Beetle was the Snow Train with it's heat shields up making it look like a millipede. I'm surprised that Lett's diary didn't mention this. There is also a black and white picture of the Booster Rovket but sadly it's not in my archive. I wonder how many kids actually used this book as a diary, the diary of the future no less! In many ways a blog is like a diary, a true diary of the future! Anyone got the Lett's or other Sci-Fi/ Space diaries?