If London journalism was once Fleet Street, the London newspaper, well at least in my colonial opinion, had to be the "Daily Mirror". When I first picked it up in my early years, it was top read the comics: "The Flutters"; Ruggles, Garth, and of course, the scantily clad Jane, - yep! long before page three..
No hint in those heady early fifties of being "tabbed" anything.
To the grown-ups it was an easy to read, hit hard, common folk newspaper.
Great pix too.
...for we far flung colonials, it was always great to get the weekly bound editions from ex-pats and follow what was happening in GB.

Blimey! I learned that Danny Kaye had called Princess Margaret, 'honey';
I read with avid schoolboy interest, the goings on in Korea and Malaya and with a perhaps eager pre pubescent interest in the "Dalliance of the Sergeant Major and His CO's Wife...missed that one in the "Times".

We saw the other side of the late King George VI with graphic pics of him: enjoying life with chaps who had names like Fred, Alf, Tom and no titles in front.
Well, after all he was the bloke that said, when Edward VIII spat the dummy. "What do I know about being a King, I'm a simple bloody sailor.":

I knew that Frankie Vaughn was breaking the fifties teenies hearts, and Dickie Valentine and the lovely Alma Cogan (may they rest in peace)were wowing them in the provinces. Frankie Howerd, and young Pete Sellars along with Milligan and Secombe, getting a giggle out the masses.
Football stories werew written the way they were meant to be told

I grew up with Marjorie Proops, Old Codgers - the liveLiest stories, Cassandra, and even the shellacking he gave Liberace. It was there too, I learned that you musn't say nasty things about icons.

The layout hasn't changed...love the color though..and all though it may be missed, the editorials do hit home.
Sorry, I like my newspapers to be gutsy, not mere reports of afternoon teas on the vicarage lawn, unless we're told of who had his or her wicked way with whom...sorry vicar.
Wanna know about the real Mirror...ask the oldies.
From me...a bloody great paper. Red Topped or not. Who gives a toss.
I'm not even going to compare with other paper..style is style is style and Britain has he tabloids...it serves a bigger than niche market and if the mirror goes. What's left.
Pity I cannot get enough of the copies...the brits buy 'em all up.
Love it or leave it...your choice.



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