Wullie's galleries
Hae a look at some o Oor Wullie's annual covers. These were the first time oniebodie saw him in colour. Ye can also see some o the strips Wullie's appeared in ower the years.
From his gey airlie days Oor Wullie has been inspired by the language an poetry o Robert Burns. Here are a few o his things like a braw letter written to his freen an his writin set.
Annual covers
1940
1948
1956
1958
1960
1964
Strips
'Wullie dreams o' the silver screen …' (2000)
'Jist the noo, the wee man turns' (2000)
'Watch oot whaur ye pet yer feet' (2002)
'It's hard work drawin' (1960)
'Oor Wullie UP tae ninety-nine' (1962)
'Oor Wullie's pawky rhymes' (1968)
Robert Burns
Kilmarnock Edition title page
Title page from the first collection of Burns's work in printed form published in 1786.
Letter from Robert Burns
Letter from Robert Burns to his friend William Nicol, 1787.
Bracelet made of hair
Lock of Mrs Jean Burns's hair within its gold clasp.*
Robert Burns's writing set
The leather case contains goose-quill nibs, a sharpening knife, and a tiny inkwell.*
Robert Burns's cottage
Photograph of Burns's cottage in Alloway, Ayr.*
Mouse statue
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayr.*
* Reproduced with permission of the National Trust for Scotland
