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The Boys' Herald

The Boys' Herald ran from 1st August 1903 to 18th May 1912 (461 issues) before being replaced by Cheer Boys' Cheer.

The Boys' Herald featured Cliveden school, yet another of Hamilton's many creations.

In 1917 the Editor of the Popular was getting complaints from Rookwood fans who could remember the original tales from the 'Boys' Friend', as the saga only began in 1915. Some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to take Hamilton's Cliveden tales from the 'Boys' Herald' of 1907 and 1908 but convert them to Rookwood! It didn't really work as the characters were completely different. Also Hamilton's style changed tremendously from 1907 to 1915. It didn't help that they also drastically edited the length too. Thanks to Michael Bailey you can read scans of the Rookwood tales in issues  237 and 239 of the Popular and judge for yourself!

A few issues are available for download, click on the link from the table below to read them on line or download to your computer.

 

Issue No. Date Title
223 26 October 1907 The Cliveden Combine
224 02 November 1907 The Fourth Form Football Club
225 09 November 1907 The Cliveden Hobby Club
226 16 November 1907 The Fight with the Fifth
227 23 November 1907 Christmas at Cliveden
228 30 November 1907 The Captain of Cliveden
229 07 December 1907 The Cliveden Paperchase
230 14 December 1907 The Fourth Form Reformers
231 21 December 1907 The Fourth Form Match
232 28 December 1907 The Cliveden Waxworks
233 04 January 1908 Philpot's Plot
234 11 January 1908 The Cliveden Diablo Match
235 18 January 1908 Champions on the Ice
236 25 January 1908 The Cliveden Toffee-Makers
237 01 February 1908 Poindexter's Ghost
238 08 February 1908 The Cliveden Sweepstakes
239 15 February 1908 The Cliveden Valentines
240 22 February 1908 Snowed Up
241 29 February 1908 Bravo, Cliveden
242 07 March 1908 The Cliveden Detectives
243 14 March 1908 The Cliveden Redskins
244 21 March 1908 The Cliveden Sports
245 28 March 1908 Poindexter's Peril
246 04 April 1908 April Fools
247 11 April 1908 The Cliveden Minstrels
248 18 April 1908 Cliveden's Little Mystery
249 25 April 1908 Cliveden's Opening Match
250 02 May 1908 The Cliveden Rag
251 09 May 1908 May Day at Cliveden
252 16 May 1908 The Cliveden Wheelers
253 23 May 1908 The Cliveden Gardeners
254 30 May 1908 Empire Day at Cliveden
255 06 June 1908 The Cliveden Derby
256 13 June 1908 Flynn the Golfist
257 20 June 1908 No Hamilton Content
258 27 June 1908 The New Boy at Cliveden
259 04 July 1908 Unknown
260 11 July 1908 Unknown
261 18 July 1908 The Rival Escort
262 25 July 1908 Unknown
263 01 August 1908 No Hamilton Content
264 08 August 1908 Price's Sister
265 15 August 1908 Unknown
266 22 August 1908 Unknown
267 29 August 1908 Unknown
268 05 September 1908 No Hamilton Content
269 12 September 1908 No Hamilton Content
270 19 September 1908 No Hamilton Content
271 26 September 1908 No Hamilton Content
272 03 October 1908 Unknown
273 10 October 1908 No Hamilton Content
274 17 October 1908 The Cliveden Footballers
275 24 October 1908 No Hamilton Content
276 31 October 1908 No Hamilton Content
277 07 November 1908 Unknown
278 14 November 1908 Unknown
279 21 November 1908 Unknown
280 28 November 1908 Unknown
281 05 December 1908 Unknown
282 12 December 1908 No Hamilton Content
283 19 December 1908 The Poindexter Musical Society
284 26 December 1908 No Hamilton Content
285 02 January 1909 Unknown
286 09 January 1909 Unknown
287 16 January 1909 No Hamilton Content
288 23 January 1909 Cliveden Caterers