The newspaper cutting gives a flavour of the times. The winner won a fortnight's seaside holiday for himself and his family. But London's Star newspaper did endeavour to make him something of a hero, running a competition in 1947 to find a local boy who was most like Jimmy. He had his own society, The Outlaws Club, which manages to unite in a common love of mischief such diverse personalities as Alan Coren, Joanna Lumley, Norman Tebbit, Denis Healey and Victoria Wood. William has delighted generations of adults and children alike since his first appearance in 1919. Her last book, William the Lawless, was published posthumously in 1970, with one uncompleted story, "William's Foggy Morning", finished from notes which she had left, by Richmal Ashbee.
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