Giddy and guileless Grammar Girls Cartoons

Artist Helen Barker may be seeking in this sketch to give us an insight into how the first-year Grammar girl felt about her status and uniform, everything too big and a bit overwhelming, even school life that she has yet to grow into. The mirror she is holding might be her way of looking into her future as the ‘growed-up’.

1965 BGGS July Magazine by Helen Barker p62