The Fourth Form at Grimslade

 

Here’s another school tale, this time from a boys’ story paper called the Ranger which only ran for 130 issues between 1931 and 1933 before it was redesigned.

It’s called The Fourth Form at Grimslade and it hooks us tantalizingly with this come-on:

‘Many unruly boys have arrived at Grimslade School, but never one like Jim Dainty. Now comes the task of taming this hot-headed rebel, and Dr. Sparshott proceeds to do it – with liberal does of the birch.’

And it’s written by the creator of Billy Bunter, Frank Richards ….

As published in the Ranger, 17 September 1932.

Copies of the Ranger are available on the Comic Books Plus website and at Friardale.

Picture credit: the Ranger.

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