Name/TitleMagazine: Jackie No. 608
About this objectJackie magazine no. 608, dated 30th August 1975, priced 6p. The cover features a young woman wearing a bikini paddling in the sea alongside the headline 'Having a splashing time!' The other featured headlines are: 'Be a water sport ~ how to be a beauty the easy way!'; 'Ferry relaxing ~ exclusive series on the beautiful Bryan'; and '"They're not my real parents!" A reader's true experience'.
Note: Cover image slightly cropped
MakerD.C. Thomson & Co Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1975
Period1970s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesD.C. Thomson & Co Ltd, 185 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2HS
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Inscription and MarksFront cover, top left, in blue pen:
McALLISTER
Front cover, top right, in pencil:
2-50
MeasurementsH: 340 x W: 257 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsGirls' magazines & comics
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_(magazine):
Jackie was a weekly British magazine for girls. The magazine was published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee from 11 January 1964 until its closure on 3 July 1993 — a total of 1,538 issues. Jackie was the best-selling teen magazine in Britain for ten years, particularly in the decade of the 1970s [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeMagazine
Object numberGWL-2024-79
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved