I have my centenary issue of the Woman's Weekly

[julesjones]

Thanks to Stevie Carroll for the alert that this week is the centenary of the Women's Weekly, with a celebration issue that includes a replica of the very first issue. I sallied forth at lunchtime and now have my very own copy, to the bemusement of my colleagues. :-)

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Heh. I used to write for Woman's Weekly, once upon a time.

[julesjones]

Not under the name I know you by, I suspect. :-)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Not under any of the names you know me by.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

But not a hundred years ago, I hope. :)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Feels like it, sometimes. *pauses to count* Lawks. Thirty-some years, it is. A third of the magazine's lifetime ago.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

A friend/colleague from Computer Weekly went off to be a sub on one of the IPC women's titles - can't remember now whether it was Woman, Woman's Own or Woman's Weekly. I remember she said quite interesting things about the trends in sex scenes in the short stories submitted by readers - bathroom sex was the big thing that year, apparently.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! You got one. Most people have given up being bemused by me...

[julesjones]

I got *two*. One for me and one for my mum, in case she misses out. :-)