The Broons and Oor Wullie: The Glory Years: 1956 - 1969

by D.C. Thomson & Company Limited, Dudley Watkins (Illustrator)

The years from 1956 to 1969 could easily be described as Scotland's glory years. And these were also glory years for two of the nation's national treasures - The Broons and Oor Wullie. The couthy characters from the Fun Section of The Sunday Post were brought to life in laughter-packed stories, beautifully drawn by artist Dudley D. Watkins. So sit back, relax and journey through Scotland's glory years in the company of the family from Glebe Street and the wee laddie from Auchenshoogle

118 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2015

About the author

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando comics. It also owns Friends Reunited, Parragon, and the Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the Press and Journal, the Evening Express, the Aberdeen Citizen and the North Scotland edition of ScotAds.

The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Co., publishers of Dundee Courier and Daily Argus. In 1884, David Coupar Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as DC Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the "Three Js", the traditional summary of Dundee industry ('jam, jute and journalism'). Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and for refusing to employ Catholics.

Reviews

[Laura Kelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny old time comic strip

I was introduced to this via a Scottish Facebook group. I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did. It is funny and clean humor. I love the way it is written with a Scots accent. Willie /Wullie is clever and cute.