Bessie Bunter Joins The Circus

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The form-master laid down the cane after the third stroke. The Owl was being punished not for smoking but for study-raiding - a rather less serious offence.

Tremaine, Charles - Sixth form schoolboy and Prefect. A close friend of Faulkner. Appears in 2 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. 656 In Borrowed Plumes! (September 4, 1920). Probably, had Coker's Aunt Judy heard that question, she would have changed her ideas on the subject! Howell, Phyllis - schoolgirl in the Fourth Form at Cliff House School and sister of Archie Howell of the Greyfriars Remove. Appeared in 49 stories; first appearance in Magnet No. 414 Bob Cherry's Challenge! (January 15, 1916).Bessie Bunter (sister); Sammy Bunter (brother); Mr. Samuel Bunter (father); Mrs Amelia Bunter (mother)

Noble, Harry - schoolboy in the Upper Fourth (Shell) form at St. Jim's. Australian, and a fine sportsman. Appears in 16 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. xxx Harry Wharton's Eleven (August 14, 1909) Broken Record: fatfatfatfat. e.g.: "it might really have been supposed that the fat Owl had something on his fat mind which quite excluded our island story from his plump thoughts." published September 1950 by Charles Skilton (Reprinted 1953, 1959, 1963) and was illustrated by R.J. MacDonald. Class Trip: From the mid-1920s onwards The Magnet ran holiday series which coincided with the real-life school holiday times and often featured Harry Wharton and Co, Bunter and other characters journeying abroad, particularly in the long summer holidays.

Tropes:

Bulstrode breaks down and sobs in the form-room while his young brother lies dying. Nobody thinks any the worse of him. Kerridge, Jake (24 February 2023). "Why a 'politically correct' rewrite killed Billy Bunter". www.telegraph.co.uk.

Crossover: Greyfriars' students are familiar with characters from other associated school stories, e.g.: St Jim's (The Gem) and Cliff House (Schoolgirl's Own).

Temple, Cecil Reginald – Form Captain. An effete dandy. Continually deludes himself that the Fourth's prowess at Soccer compares to that of the Remove, despite the Fourth being almost invariably defeated by the younger Form. Despite his dandified ways, he is nonetheless a handy fighting man if it comes to a punch-up.