Reilly Brennan

The huge success of Tammy, which ran from 1971 to 1984, was partially based on some actual research by IPC magazine into what girls enjoyed reading about. Apparently they liked to be made to cry. Vulnerable amnesiacs who avoided multiple, mysterious attempts on their lives to discover their parents had been killed in some kind of transport ‘accident’ sent sales figures of up to a quarter of a million a week, along with stories which included:

• Alison all Alone - Alison has been kept prisoner by her foster parents for reasons unknown.

• Roberta’s Rebels - Roberta Russell decides she will do something about her hierarchical school system where the “Serfs” slave to the sporty “Supremos.”

• The Ice Girl- A girl must keep her ice skating secret from her father, who was crippled in an ice-skating accident.

Thanks to Russell Davies’s excellent Delicious stream for this find.