British Update: A Vintage Triple-Play of Girls’ Picture Libraries: Twin Hearts, My Own Romance and Emergency Ward 10
*Girls’ Picture Libraries: Emergency Ward 10, featuring characters and situations from the TV show of the same name, was published by Pearsons and was a companion to the confusingly-numbered TV Picture Library series we featured recently – but, being for ‘gurls’, was kept segregated rather than integrated with the mainstream. All we know is that it lasted at least 23 issues, because we have #23 FN £15, in stock, from 1960. Earlier (we suspect) are the two other entries this week, a pair of premiere issues: My Own Romance #1 from Miller FN £15 and the 100-page Twin Hearts Romance Library #1, published by Atlas (not that Atlas), FN £25. Dates are vague about the latter two, because they didn’t bother to print them, and online searches have proved unhelpful – but we’re going with the Fifties – unless (Esther Rantzen voice) you know better, in which case, feel free to tell us!