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The Silver Jacket

The Silver Jacket was published in Australia by New Century from 1953-1955. The publisher wanted to print Greyfriars stories but Richards was not allowed to use the characters as they were still under copyright from Amalgamated Press. Instead 27 Carcroft stories were published, ten of them being reprints from Hutchinson's Pie, the rest being original. 38 issues of the Silver Jacket were published but only the first 27 issues contained Frank Richards material.

Carcroft stories also appeared in Tom Merry's Own.

You can find full details of the contents in the publications section of  The Greyfriars Index

You can also find information on 'Australia's Legendary 1950's Story Paper' at http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/silver.html

 

 

 

Carcroft in the Silver Jacket

You can read or download download the full collection of Hamilton stories in the Silver Jacket by clicking here  (warning - 45mb!!) or you can access them individually by selecting the links below.  The covers have been photocopied in black and white but you can access a couple of Colour cover scans from issues 15 & 22 here.

Title Publisher Date

Notes
01 Just like Turkey New Century October 1953 reprint from Spring Pie, March 1946
02 Turkey on the Warpath New Century November 1953

reprint from Summer Pie, June 1945
03 Turkey for Christmas New Century December 1953 reprint from Christmas Pie, December 1945
04 Turkey knows how New Century January 1954  
05 Turkey's Picnic  New Century February 1954  
06 Turkey's 100 lines  New Century March 1954

reprint of "Turkey's Impot", Christmas Pie, 1944
07 Done in the Dark! New Century April 1954 reprint from Winter Pie, November 1948
08 The Carcroft Card New Century May 1954 reprint from Spring Pie, March 1945
09 The Sportsman! New Century June 1954

reprint from Winter Pie, November 1946
10 The Lost Study! New Century July 1954 reprint of "Lost Study", Autumn Pie, August 1946
11 Roger's Way New Century August 1954

reprint from Autumn Pie, September 1945
12 Turkey Tries it on! New Century September 1954  
13 Turkey's Vengeance New Century October 1954  
14 The Borrowed bike New Century November 1954  
15 Christmas Present for Roger! New Century December 1954

reprint from Christmas Pie, December 1946
16 Roger Sets it Right! New Century January 1955  
17 Turkey's Fireworks New Century February 1955  
18 The Barring Out at Carcroft part 1- Trouble for Turkey! New Century March 1955  
19 The Barring Out at Carcroft part 2- Think Again Roger! New Century April 1955  
20 The Barring Out at Carcroft part 3- Barring-out the Beaks! New Century May 1955  
21 The Barring Out at Carcroft part 4- Sticking it out! New Century June 1955  
22 The Barring Out at Carcroft part 5- Going strong! New Century July 1955  
23 The Barring Out at Carcroft part 6- No surrender! New Century August 1955  
24 The Barring Out at Carcroft part 7- Game to the last! New Century September 1955  
25 Turkey to the Rescue New Century October 1955  
26 Not Turkey! New Century November 1955  
27 Turkey on the Telephone New Century December 1955