The Uncle Oojah or Oojah annuals

Uncle Oojah also originally know as Flip-Flip The Great Oojah was a friendy elephant who first appeared in The Daily Sketch newspaper in 18th Feb 1919. He become popular so a four page supplement called, 'The Oojah Paper' was published in the 1920s starting on Saturday 8th October 1921. This later became The Oojah Sketch which ran until 23rd Nov 1929.

This four page supplement was reduced to three pages on 29th April 1922 and reduced further to two pages from 22nd July 1922. These supplements run through to the 1930s and are hard to find.

A number of annuals ran from 1921 through to 1951. Some war time annuals where undated.

He also made appearences in various annuals and storybooks.

 

The Annuals - (1923 - 1951)

The 1920s...
  • Flip-Flap: The Great Oojah (1920)

 

  • The Children of Funbeam (1920)

 

  • The Pigmy Pirates (1920)

 

  • Oojah House: The Story of Flip-Flap's Little Mason (1921)

 

  • Once Upon a Time Children's Annual (1920)

 

  • Once Upon a Time Children's Annual (1921)

 

  • The Joy Book Children's Annual (1922)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1923)

 

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1925)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1926)

 

  • The Oojah's Treasure Trunk (1927)

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Big Annual (1928)

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Big Annual (1929)

 

  • The Ostrich Farm

 

  • The Princess of Persia

The 1930s...
  • Uncle Oojah's Annual (1930)

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Annual (1931)

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Big Annual (1932)

 

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Big Annual (1934)

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Annual (1935)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1936)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1937)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1938)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1939)

 

The 1940s...
  • The Oojah Annual (1940)

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Annual (1942)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1947)

 

  • The Oojah Annual (1949)

The 1950s...

 

  • Uncle Oojah's Annual (1951)