Early Adventures of Leonard Henry

 

Here’s a curiosity from 1937, ‘The Early Adventure of Leonard Henry,’ who is described as ‘radio’s famous comedian’. He is not to be confused with Lenny Henry the present-day famous comedian.

Pilot, a boys’ story paper that launched in 1935 and ran for only 131 issues, often featured stories involving real life characters, such as Will Hay, who had a comedy act involving a schoolmaster. We met him here.

In this extract from Leonard Henry, the boy is set upon by prefects brandishing canes. But Leonard is wearing a bullet-proof suit (go figure!) and doesn’t feel a thing.

Extracts from the Pilot are on the Friardale website.

As published in the Pilot, 20 February 1937.

Picture credit; Amalgamated Press.

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