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Whilst undated, the contents and of course the fact that it is Issue 144 would lead readers to believe that this magazine was produced around late 1951 or early 1952 as, the text inside the front cover clearly states “The only Independent Magazine published continually since 1940”. However, one has to consider that in 1940 the 2nd World War was still in it’s first year and that another five long years of fighting would have to be endured before peace would come once again. Consequently, I have deduced that although the publication may have been continuous, there had to be extended periods between one issue and the next. This is borne out and substantiated by the content, especially on Page 8 which refers to an article in The Reading Times (USA) of 24.10.56.
However, notwithstanding all of that, it can be clearly seen from the content that manners and respect, even in the written word was the format of the day.
I often wonder whether society has moved to far away from basic good manners?
Fortunately in this hobby of ours, many of the virtues and hopefully few of the vices are still with us.
Reading this magazine surely shows those of us who can remember this far back that the camaraderie is still with us and whilst “us anoraks” are around, the hobby will never die.
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