Friday, 28 February 2014
The Fireman
The classic Ladybird pocket-size books were a British institution, being produced from 1940 until the 1980s, being finally phased out when the Loughborough factory closed in 1999. They were widely used in primary schools during the 1950s/60s and are very collectable today. Here is a selection of pages from 606B, The Fireman, first published in 1962. Illustrations were by John Berry (1920-2009).
The Fireman is probably the most successful of the 606B series about people at work. I really think of it as an absolute classic. Please could you therefore provide all the images of this book on your Vintage Stuff page?
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