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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

How the 1960 Daily Mirror tried to woo young readers

You just have to see this Daily Mirror advert from, I think, 1960. It has been pointed out - for example, by Matthew Engel in his excellent book, Tickle the Public - that the Mirror under Hugh Cudlipp, while striving to attract young readers, was often clumsy, cloying and downright embarrassing. Here is proof.

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