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24 December 2022 tbs.pm/77362

Christmas covers from Fusion, the house magazine of Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion, London.

A printed montage with three baubles overprinted by line drawings of three acrobats on each other's shoulders. — 1958 – Tony Oldfield

A magazine cover divided into green, red and white squares. There are 9 ornate cups in various squares, with messages including "Think of me", "A present from Brighton", "Love the giver", "A present from [superimposed] FUSION" and the very simple "Baby". — 1959 – Tony Oldfield

A magazine cover in white, with a screen printed illustration of St Paul's Cathedral made up of the letters in the word FUSION. — 1960 – Maureen Roffey

A white magazine cover with a central image of a lace doily with a Greek urn style image of a woman in the middle above a small posy of flowers. Above her, an illustration of a woman in a more 'Disney' style presents a plate piled with goodies. — 1961 – Alastair MacMurdo

A cartoonish, screen printed illustration of a crowd watching a ringmaster encourage an elephant to stand on its front legs on a podium. — 1962 – Maureen Roffey

A green magazine cover, with a screen printed cartoon horse who has a clown or Pierrot figure stood on its back on one leg. — 1963 – Maureen Roffey

A white magazine cover with a cartoon drawing of a man in doublet and hose carrying a pack on a stick, followed by a black cat with a white belly and paws. — 1964 – Derek Cousins

A photograph of an apple, a pear, an orange and some grapes. All are painted white and sit on white packing material within white boxes. — 1965 – Clive Arrowsmith (photograph); Brian Morris (art direction)

A round white Christmas cake with a red bow, decorated with holly, two small trees and a model Father Christmas, snowman and robin. — 1966 – Terry Griffiths

A black magazine cover with a central picture of a green tabletop on which lies a shotgun, sprinkled with confetti. — 1967 – Terry Griffiths

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Paul Wheeler wrote 27 December 2022 at 11:10 am

I like the 1967 cover.

I guess it alludes to the shotgun marriage to ABC!

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