General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

My dear Mum would read his stories to me from the Daily Express every morning in the early 1960's and I loved his adventures around Nutwood . I was soon able to read and write from an early age , which was a massive help on starting Infants School .
In those days of course , I knew nothing of Rupert's Creator Mary Tourtel who wrote his stories between 1920 and 1935 . Alfred Bestall then wrote Rupert for a more modern age up until 1965 . The wonderful stories continued with Freddie Chaplain , Alex Cubie and Enid Ash , while in the 1980's it was John Harrold and James Henderson .
My own children loved reading the Rupert Stories and he has been part of our lives for close on 60 years with his old style values and good manners from a now bygone age .
For I-spy , you are correct , Rupert will be 100 on November 8th 2020 .