The Oojah Annual
The Oojah Annual. By Flo Lancaster. 1925 UNCLE OOJAH’S OFFICE,LONDON, E.C. My Very Dears, Here we are again with our OOJAH ANNUAL, full of pictures…
Too Big A Dose Of Snookers
The bedside book of humor. 1943 That evening on rhe esplanade he called Snookers to him, and resting his hand affectionately on the little fellow’s…
Twenty-One
I Don’t Want to Think About It Right Now. By Johnston Livingroom. 2006 We were deep in with the liquor. We had been drinking whiskey…
The Point of the Joke
The People’s Friend, December 18, 1905 Mr Wangle rose to address the gathering amidst such a hubbub of gabbling and question-shouting that, to begin with,…
Snookers to Oz
Mother, October 19, 1972 Once upon a September there were four little snookers from the vast kingdom of Bostonarea, who traveled from their respective provinces…
Dognapping
From the casebook of J. P. Laneerws, Master Detective. Solve a Mystery. Book 3. By Marian Lee. 1982 Jeffrey P. Landers was in his office…
The Greenwich Boat
Old Lattimer’s legacy. By J. S. Fletcher. 1892 Pages 183-184 <…> “I showed your little tale to Snooker—you know Snooker of the Boy’s Own Thriller?…
The Sparrow Imp’s Return
The Children of Funbeam. By Flo Lancester. 1920 <…>Flip-Flap and Don were sitting at the table, chatting over their dessert.‘‘These spiced snowballs are lovely, Oojah,…
Polly in Pantomime
Polly Mountemple. A Fin de Siècle Story of the Stage. By Charles Holls. 1891 <…> We did not even trouble to find out from the…
Auto Racket
Dan Dunn. Auto Racket. Issue 32. By Norman Marsh. 1933 <…> YEAH, SNOOKER, WE’RE GOIN’ T’MAKE YUH A PRESENT OF THIS CAR–BEIN’ IT’S THE HOLIDAYS–…
The Innocence of the Guilty
The Idler. 1910 By Paul Herring <…> In much less than that time the redoubtable Jim Snooker, champion light-weight crib-cracker of that part of London,…
Beauty’s Sister
The eternal boy. Being the story of the prodigious Hickey. By Johnson, Owen. 1909 <…> That evening on the esplanade he called Snookers to him,…