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85th Anniversary: Got it covered!

Nursery World has been published under many guises over the decades, even a different title, but children have always had prominence. We take a look at the many faces of the magazine.

 

1. Our first-ever cover - 2 December 1925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Art Deco style from March 1936

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Christmas 1945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


4. Illustrated cover from January 1947

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


6. Elissia Noble, 3, who performed at the Adelphi Theatre in 1959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



7. Prince Andrew as a two-year-old in 1962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. A change of name to All About Children, 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. 1972 cover star wears Paris artist-style smock and trousers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


10. International Year of the Child in 1979

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Baby food company Cow and Gate provided this 1984 photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




12. Photograph by Soo Azim, 1987

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Evie, daughter of current editor Liz Roberts, in 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Ellen Bower has the tools in 1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. Jack Hughes takes a look in 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




16. Vicky Lloyd and traveller child in Leeds, 2006, as we briefly used

the name NW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. Werneth Infant School, the first cover of our 2007 design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. Children from Cowgate Under-5s, 2010