Bygone Times - The Victor

Growing up in the 1970’s my parents allowed me a small amount of pocket money each week.

And I could spend it on what I wanted

This usually meant

Sweets!

In addition to this I could also buy a comic

My mother said it had to be educational!

So each week I purchased ‘The Victor’

The greatest comic ever printed.

Full of great stories and great characters

Exciting tales of Valor

Heroism

True stories of courage

Victoria Crosses won

And in alongside these wonderful acts of bravery, were the fictional characters,

And everyone no doubt has their favorites and I had three that I followed religiously.

Alf Tupper – Tough of the Track

A working class runner, who despite having everything thrown at him, persevered, overcame the obstacles of life and came out winning,

Chell Puddock – Hammer Man

Chell Puddock – An Englishman with amazing strength and instead of using a sword he uses his trusty hammer! 

And my all time favorite

Is it Cricket? With the Little Pudlington Cricket Team – Lead by Colonel Clutterbuck

The village of Little Pudlington, along with other English villages took part in a knock-out competition to become the Village Cricket Champions of All England. They triumphed over suspiciously dodgy umpiring decisions and other teams scheming.

Then it was off to Australia and the outback to play against local teams. It was a wonderful series with many twists and turns as the team go on the adventure of a life time.

The Victor was for me the greatest comic ever printed.

I could not wait for each weekly edition and I always had the annual waiting for me, at the bottom of my bed on Christmas Day.

For more information visit this wonderful website: http://www.victorhornetcomics.co.uk/victorpage1.html