This official annual dates from 1974 and features stories and puzzles related to the popular children’s television character Basil Brush. The original Basil Brush Show ran from 1970 until the early 1980s, and Basil was created by Peter Firmin who also worked on Bagpuss and The Clangers.

“Carry On Collecting” is a project set up by the Museum of Hartlepool to collect objects which represent everyday life in the town and beyond, from the 1950s through to the present day. The collection also attempts to represent the diversity of the people of Hartlepool over the past 60 years