I only ever had the first of these four annuals if I recall correctly (possibly the second also), and going by the contents, it really wasn't all that good. However, nostalgia is nostalgia, so I'll have to re-acquire it one day, and the follow-up ones as well. In the meantime, enjoy looking at the covers and reliving your youth if you had these 'bionic' books way back when. I'll maybe add some of the contents some day - if I ever acquire them. (Update: Now got all four.)
A cascading cornucopia of cool comics, crazy cartoons, & classic collectables - plus other completely captivating & occasionally controversial contents. With nostalgic notions, sentimental sighings, wistful wonderings, remorseful ruminations, melancholy musings, rueful reflections, poignant ponderings, & yearnings for yesteryear. (And a few profound perplexities, puzzling paradoxes, & a bevy of big, beautiful, bedazzling, buxom Babes to round it all off.)
Monday, 22 May 2017
FIVE BOOKS THAT EVERY COLLECTOR OF NOSTALGIA SHOULD HAVE...
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| No info on the back of this one, so haven't shown it |
The five books on show here should appeal to every child of the 1960s & '70s in particular. Lots of great photos, details and history that bring the past to life for you to live again. They're not new books, having been in my collection for years, and for all I know, updated editions may have been released since. However, I'd imagine that at least some of them are available to order in many bookshops, as well as eBay and Amazon. Track 'em down today!
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| No info on the back of this one, so haven't shown it |
DELBERT - The FRIENDLIEST DALEK In The UNIVERSE...
simply just did not belong.
Wouldn't answer to the shrill call,
thought 'extermination' wrong.
Delbert's Dalek-heart was loving,
such a gentle, friendly soul.
Didn't go for people-shoving -
cosmic conquest not his goal.
All the other Daleks plotted,
didn't want him in their ranks.
With his single eye he spotted
their approach from all four flanks.
Although Delbert was a softie,
he got quickly off his mark.
Never mind pretens'ons lofty,
scarpered off into the dark.
As he cowered all a-tremble,
hidden by concealing rocks,
something started to assemble -
an imposing big blue box.
Doctor Who had come to rescue
Delbert from the Dalek throng.
Del had not and never would do
anything remotely wrong.
"Quickly, Delbert, I will save you,
jump in to my time machine."
So he did and off they both flew,
rescue's seldom been so clean.
Delbert now lives down in Southsea,
has a cottage all his own.
In his garden he sips green tea,
green tea he himself has grown.
All the neighbours really love Del -
wave when passing his front gate.
When the postie rings his doorbell,
it chimes out "Exterminate!"
Wouldn't answer to the shrill call,
thought 'extermination' wrong.
Delbert's Dalek-heart was loving,
such a gentle, friendly soul.
Didn't go for people-shoving -
cosmic conquest not his goal.
All the other Daleks plotted,
didn't want him in their ranks.
With his single eye he spotted
their approach from all four flanks.
Although Delbert was a softie,
he got quickly off his mark.
Never mind pretens'ons lofty,
scarpered off into the dark.
As he cowered all a-tremble,
hidden by concealing rocks,
something started to assemble -
an imposing big blue box.
Doctor Who had come to rescue
Delbert from the Dalek throng.
Del had not and never would do
anything remotely wrong.
"Quickly, Delbert, I will save you,
jump in to my time machine."
So he did and off they both flew,
rescue's seldom been so clean.
Delbert now lives down in Southsea,
has a cottage all his own.
In his garden he sips green tea,
green tea he himself has grown.
All the neighbours really love Del -
wave when passing his front gate.
When the postie rings his doorbell,
it chimes out "Exterminate!"
So for Del a happy ending,
let's give credit where it's due:
It's all thanks to that time-bending,
Dalek-saving Doctor Who.
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