Figure 1.-- This strip from The Broons in 1952 gives an idea as to the approximate age (14+) at which a Scottish boy of that era might get sensitive about wearing short trousers. Horace Broon in the strip borrows his father's trousers to impress his new girlfriend. Click on the image to see the rest of the strip.

The Broons (i.e. Browns) are a famous, long-running Scottish cartoon strip about a Glasgow family. "The Broons" was created in the 1930s by Dudley Watkins one of the most prolific cartoonists at that time. It was first created in the Glasgow newspaper The Sunday Post a publication of D.C. Thomson in Dundee, Scotland. Thomson also published the Dandy and Beano comics that had strips that were done by Watkins. The comic is still being published in the Post but Ken Harrison draws it now. There are also annuals put out every year of "The Broons" and Watkins' other Post strip "Oor Wullie". Times have changed and Horace now wears long trousers. The strip we have loaded here comes from the 1950s. This strip from "The Broons" in 1952 gives an idea as to the approximate age (14+) at which a Scottish boy of that era might get sensitive about wearing short trousers. Horace Broon in the strip borrows his father's trousers to impress his new girlfriend.

Created: 4:00 AM 7/7/2005
Last updated: 6:52 PM 7/7/2005