Another strip set in a recognisable Catford Centre. In particular note the beautifully rendered bench the two girls are sitting on. I think after this we just went for a generic inner-suburban London look.
This sets up the strip's essential triangle of relationships. Millie of course, is unaffected by this. In most cartoons, the central character tends to be rather bland compared to the others that revolve around them*, and Millie was no exception. She provides the empty vessel that the reader identifies with and fills with their own personality.
* For example, compare Tintin with Captain Haddock, Asterix with Obelix, Charlie Brown with Snoopy and so on. The theory falls down in the case of Family Circle, where everyone is bland.
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