The Club Monthly

Explore childhood in the 1920s through homemade magazines in our archives.

A homemade magazine showing the cover, reading 'The Club Monhtly September 1920'. The image is of many children standing under a moon.

The Club Monthly is a homemade ‘Magazine for Girls’ from the early 1900s.

We have 23 issues of The Club Monthly in our archives. Created by a group of young girls from December 1919 to the autumn of 1921, each edition gives a fascinating insight into childhood at a pivotal time in history.

Explore a year of The Club Monthly below!

Explore The Club Monthly

The front cover of a homemade magazine with a drawing of two young children.

The Club Monthly - January

The Club Monthly - a handmade magazine lovingly made in 1919.

A scan of a handmade magazine with the title The Club Monthly. The spine is blue, and there is a large image of a young girl on the cover.

The Club Monthly - February

The February edition of The Club Monthly, welcoming in springtime.

A handmade magazine from 1920, reading, 'The Club Monthly', with a drawing of a young girl skipping.

The Club Monthly - March

The March edition of The Club Monthly, with issues from both 1920 and 1921.