Judy stories I want to find
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I've just got back from London, Tammyfan, where I've been looking after my two little granddaughters. I did slope off though to do a couple of days work in the British Library, mainly cataloguing Suzy, but you will be happy to learn that I did write a decent summary of the final instalment of Hetty With The Healing Hand from Debbie, not Tracy as you wrote on the UK Girls Comics site, and a more comprehensive one of the instalment of Hard Times For Helen in issue 1305 of Judy. I will post them later tonight, but first I must have my evening meal, a delightful cheese, lettuce and tomato baguette from a French delicatessen near Southfields station on the London Underground. Their mayonnaise is particularly tasty. Must go now!
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Thank you Phoenix. Enjoy your baguette!
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Hetty With The Healing Hand : Debbie 459 (Nov. 28 1981)
They arrive at Shadley to discover that the Blakes' textile mill had closed, causing terrible unemployment. The Maggs are not feeding Hetty. Any food they get they eat themselves. Maggs decides to go to the Blakes' house as he has a wife and daughter who have jewels. Hetty is to go round the back and ask if they have any pots to mend, Maggs is to keep a look out, and Mrs Maggs will nip in to see what she can steal. However, Hetty faints for lack of nourishment, and when she comes round she is given soup by Mrs Blake.
When the Blakes' daughter, Judith, comes in, the conversation reveals that the Blakes are taking food parcels to their unfortunate workers. Hetty then tells Mrs Blake that Mrs Maggs is upstairs stealing the jewellery. Judith says she will be disappointed as all their jewellery had been sold off to keep the factory going. When they catch Mrs Maggs, Mrs Blake tells her she would rather help her than send for the police.
The Maggs take Hetty away with them and give her a severe beating for snitching on them to the Blakes, and then wallop Ned, the donkey that Hetty is so fond of.
When the Maggs are asleep Hetty runs away with Ned. They get to Conway Hall where she used to work, and where she cured Miss Louise's kitten, and got fired. She sees Miss Louise and Mrs Conway who look very unhappy, with some justification. Papa's horse, Bluecoat, is ill. He is needed to race next week, and win, as Papa's creditors will wait no longer. Papa gets angry at first, but Hetty's healing hand helps, and Bluecoat wins the race. Hetty, and Ned of course, can live at Conway Hall for as long as she wants to. There is definitely no further mention of the Maggs, or of what happened to them after Hetty leaves them!
They arrive at Shadley to discover that the Blakes' textile mill had closed, causing terrible unemployment. The Maggs are not feeding Hetty. Any food they get they eat themselves. Maggs decides to go to the Blakes' house as he has a wife and daughter who have jewels. Hetty is to go round the back and ask if they have any pots to mend, Maggs is to keep a look out, and Mrs Maggs will nip in to see what she can steal. However, Hetty faints for lack of nourishment, and when she comes round she is given soup by Mrs Blake.
When the Blakes' daughter, Judith, comes in, the conversation reveals that the Blakes are taking food parcels to their unfortunate workers. Hetty then tells Mrs Blake that Mrs Maggs is upstairs stealing the jewellery. Judith says she will be disappointed as all their jewellery had been sold off to keep the factory going. When they catch Mrs Maggs, Mrs Blake tells her she would rather help her than send for the police.
The Maggs take Hetty away with them and give her a severe beating for snitching on them to the Blakes, and then wallop Ned, the donkey that Hetty is so fond of.
When the Maggs are asleep Hetty runs away with Ned. They get to Conway Hall where she used to work, and where she cured Miss Louise's kitten, and got fired. She sees Miss Louise and Mrs Conway who look very unhappy, with some justification. Papa's horse, Bluecoat, is ill. He is needed to race next week, and win, as Papa's creditors will wait no longer. Papa gets angry at first, but Hetty's healing hand helps, and Bluecoat wins the race. Hetty, and Ned of course, can live at Conway Hall for as long as she wants to. There is definitely no further mention of the Maggs, or of what happened to them after Hetty leaves them!
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Oh, you mean you can see the Hetty entry? Funny - I can't see it when I go to the site. Must be some bugs still lurking in the amalgamation of the two sites. Anyway, the entry has been amended now. Thanks for pointing out what needs changing.
Wasn't there something about Hetty losing the power? Did she use it up on the race horse or something? Anyway, thank you for the summary of that ending.
Wasn't there something about Hetty losing the power? Did she use it up on the race horse or something? Anyway, thank you for the summary of that ending.
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Hard Times For Helen : Judy 1305 (Jan. 12 1985)
Helen's class is told about the school fete and the fact that they are hoping to raise a record amount of money for charity. The teacher wants lots of hard work from all the class, and help from their parents. ''You can work particularly hard, Helen, with a mother like yours you should know about working for charity''. One girl takes one look at Helen and says she, Helen, is jealous of her mother. Helen merely thinks that everything has gone wrong since her mum received the award.
After school Helen decides she can't ask her mum for help with the fete as she is busier than ever. She goes home where she finds that her mum has been clearing out a cupboard and left everything on the floor. Helen picks out her old clothes that don't fit her any more and parcels them up to take to school for the jumble stall.
The next morning she realises that her mum has come in late and is having a lie in. Helen gives the clothes to Miss Linley, who asks if she would like to help on the bookstall at the fete. When Helen gets home her mother is looking for the clothes. Rather than mention the fete, believing that her mother will offer to help despite having more than enough to do as it is, Helen says she threw the clothes out. Her mother tells her that she had sorted the clothes out to give to a family in need. She says that throwing them out was stupid but if she had given them to a jumble sale she could have got them back. Miss Linley is not at all pleased but does give them back!
A few days later Helen makes eighteen cakes for the fete but her mother brings a couple and their five children back to the house to shelter from the rain as their coach has broken down, and they have to wait for an hour for it to be repaired. Delighted to see the cakes, Helen's mum gives them to the family. Miss Linley is disappointed that Helen hasn't brought anything in for the fete, and tells her that she hopes she will be successful on the bookstall.
That evening her mother tells her that she has been asked to present some raffle prizes the next day. Helen takes a phone call that next day asking her to take some papers to her mother on the other side of town. She takes them despite realising that she will be late getting to the fete. When she gets there Miss Linley is furious with her, has got someone else for the bookstall, and sends her away as she doesn't even want her around.
Miss Pringle tells Helen that she has heard that Helen hasn't been helpful. Shortly afterwards Helen discovers that it is her mother who is presenting the prizes.
After the presentations Helen's mum tells her she knows she has been working secretly for the fete and asks what she has done. Miss Pringle says, ''She hasn't done a thing to help, Mrs Shaw. In fact she's been a thorough nuisance, showing herself to be most unwilling. She's not at all like you, Mrs Shaw''. Her mother replies, ''I'm ashamed of her, Miss Pringle! Helen's been very awkward since I got my award!''
Helen's class is told about the school fete and the fact that they are hoping to raise a record amount of money for charity. The teacher wants lots of hard work from all the class, and help from their parents. ''You can work particularly hard, Helen, with a mother like yours you should know about working for charity''. One girl takes one look at Helen and says she, Helen, is jealous of her mother. Helen merely thinks that everything has gone wrong since her mum received the award.
After school Helen decides she can't ask her mum for help with the fete as she is busier than ever. She goes home where she finds that her mum has been clearing out a cupboard and left everything on the floor. Helen picks out her old clothes that don't fit her any more and parcels them up to take to school for the jumble stall.
The next morning she realises that her mum has come in late and is having a lie in. Helen gives the clothes to Miss Linley, who asks if she would like to help on the bookstall at the fete. When Helen gets home her mother is looking for the clothes. Rather than mention the fete, believing that her mother will offer to help despite having more than enough to do as it is, Helen says she threw the clothes out. Her mother tells her that she had sorted the clothes out to give to a family in need. She says that throwing them out was stupid but if she had given them to a jumble sale she could have got them back. Miss Linley is not at all pleased but does give them back!
A few days later Helen makes eighteen cakes for the fete but her mother brings a couple and their five children back to the house to shelter from the rain as their coach has broken down, and they have to wait for an hour for it to be repaired. Delighted to see the cakes, Helen's mum gives them to the family. Miss Linley is disappointed that Helen hasn't brought anything in for the fete, and tells her that she hopes she will be successful on the bookstall.
That evening her mother tells her that she has been asked to present some raffle prizes the next day. Helen takes a phone call that next day asking her to take some papers to her mother on the other side of town. She takes them despite realising that she will be late getting to the fete. When she gets there Miss Linley is furious with her, has got someone else for the bookstall, and sends her away as she doesn't even want her around.
Miss Pringle tells Helen that she has heard that Helen hasn't been helpful. Shortly afterwards Helen discovers that it is her mother who is presenting the prizes.
After the presentations Helen's mum tells her she knows she has been working secretly for the fete and asks what she has done. Miss Pringle says, ''She hasn't done a thing to help, Mrs Shaw. In fact she's been a thorough nuisance, showing herself to be most unwilling. She's not at all like you, Mrs Shaw''. Her mother replies, ''I'm ashamed of her, Miss Pringle! Helen's been very awkward since I got my award!''
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No, I couldn't see it on the site tonight either. It came as a pukka entry on or for the UK Girls Comics forum directly to my iPhone yesterday (Monday) evening, or at least that's when I first saw it. Don't ask me how!Tammyfan wrote:Oh, you mean you can see the Hetty entry? Funny - I can't see it when I go to the site. Must be some bugs still lurking in the amalgamation of the two sites.
I've just checked my emails on my computer, and that entry arrived there at exactly 1am on Monday 1 February. It was sent directly to me at my email address. I assume that the iPhone received it roughly simultaneously.
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Thank you for the summary of the Helen episode, Phoenix. Yes, everyone is being so unfair to Helen, making unreasonable assumptions and comparing her with her mother all the time. For her part, Helen is not being assertive enough - for example, does not say, "Sorry, I can't take the papers, I have to help elsewhere. Please ask someone else." But then, Mum is not exactly a good role model there, for she never refuses anybody - can't say "no", in other words.
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I forgot to mention, Tammyfan, that I wrote an episode-by-episode summary of Blackmailed! for you when I had completed my listing of the serials in Suzy. I will post it on the forum tomorrow.
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Thanks, Phoenix!Phoenix wrote:I forgot to mention, Tammyfan, that I wrote an episode-by-episode summary of Blackmailed! for you when I had completed my listing of the serials in Suzy. I will post it on the forum tomorrow.
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It's taken ten years, but I finally came into a hard copy of this episode today!Phoenix wrote: 02 Feb 2016, 21:53 Hard Times For Helen : Judy 1305 (Jan. 12 1985)
Helen's class is told about the school fete and the fact that they are hoping to raise a record amount of money for charity. The teacher wants lots of hard work from all the class, and help from their parents. ''You can work particularly hard, Helen, with a mother like yours you should know about working for charity''. One girl takes one look at Helen and says she, Helen, is jealous of her mother. Helen merely thinks that everything has gone wrong since her mum received the award.
After school Helen decides she can't ask her mum for help with the fete as she is busier than ever. She goes home where she finds that her mum has been clearing out a cupboard and left everything on the floor. Helen picks out her old clothes that don't fit her any more and parcels them up to take to school for the jumble stall.
The next morning she realises that her mum has come in late and is having a lie in. Helen gives the clothes to Miss Linley, who asks if she would like to help on the bookstall at the fete. When Helen gets home her mother is looking for the clothes. Rather than mention the fete, believing that her mother will offer to help despite having more than enough to do as it is, Helen says she threw the clothes out. Her mother tells her that she had sorted the clothes out to give to a family in need. She says that throwing them out was stupid but if she had given them to a jumble sale she could have got them back. Miss Linley is not at all pleased but does give them back!
A few days later Helen makes eighteen cakes for the fete but her mother brings a couple and their five children back to the house to shelter from the rain as their coach has broken down, and they have to wait for an hour for it to be repaired. Delighted to see the cakes, Helen's mum gives them to the family. Miss Linley is disappointed that Helen hasn't brought anything in for the fete, and tells her that she hopes she will be successful on the bookstall.
That evening her mother tells her that she has been asked to present some raffle prizes the next day. Helen takes a phone call that next day asking her to take some papers to her mother on the other side of town. She takes them despite realising that she will be late getting to the fete. When she gets there Miss Linley is furious with her, has got someone else for the bookstall, and sends her away as she doesn't even want her around.
Miss Pringle tells Helen that she has heard that Helen hasn't been helpful. Shortly afterwards Helen discovers that it is her mother who is presenting the prizes.
After the presentations Helen's mum tells her she knows she has been working secretly for the fete and asks what she has done. Miss Pringle says, ''She hasn't done a thing to help, Mrs Shaw. In fact she's been a thorough nuisance, showing herself to be most unwilling. She's not at all like you, Mrs Shaw''. Her mother replies, ''I'm ashamed of her, Miss Pringle! Helen's been very awkward since I got my award!''