- The Belles of St. Lemons
The Belles of St. Lemons was a
comic strip in the UK comic "The Beano ", first appearing in issue 1495, dated13 March 1971 . The title was both a play on the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons " andRonald Searle 's Belles of St. Trinians cartoons. St. Lemons was essentially the girls' boarding-school equivalent ofThe Bash Street Kids - the "belles" all conforming to comic stereotypes (the fat one, the unintelligent one, the leader etc.). The headmistress of the school was Miss Clump. The weekly strip ended around1972 , although further episodes continued to appear inThe Beano Annual s. The Belles were:*Curli - The one who had hair curlers in her hair.
*Dizzi - The ugly one.
*Dozi - The sleepy one.
*Dumpling - The fat one.
*Kooki - The one who was fond of cooking.
*Mina - Didn't speak much, but had amyna bird on her head that would do most of the talking for her.
*Piggi - The one with lots of spots.
*Poni - The one who had apony .
*Prune - The leader of the group.
*Swotti - The clever one.
*Blondie -The blonde one.
*Suzie -
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