Posted in Web The People’s Friend: 150 years without upsetting or … January 12, 2019 Its 150th anniversary issue is number 7,759. In 1932, The People’s Friend outsold all other women’s weeklies in Scotland, with an estimated 1,520,000 readers or 24.1% of the population. : https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-46797116