I loved the mystery series when I was 8. Now as a 45 year old, I still love them. I am not crazy about the first two Mysteries as the characters were still developing at that stage and Banshee Towers is not very strong, but not positively dreadful either. From Secret Room to Strange Messages, this s...

Thanks for your kind words Chrissie! I have a read a few Famous Five, but they lack the humour of the FFO, so do not hold my attention. In fact, I have ONLY read the FFO series! (many times over) My wife has now read the complete series of Malory Towers and St Clares as they are "girly" bo...

Fatty definitely went to a different school to the others. In fact, I think maybe only Larry and Pip went to the same school. Bets went to school in the village on her own and Daisy went elsewhere (to a girls school). Fatty was prone to boast...possibly exaggerate, but not outright lie. Hidden House...

Agree 100% and have stated the same in this forum some years ago. Throw in Mystery of the Strange Messages as well. Cosy, atmospheric, dark, mysterious! I loved them as a kid, and I love those particular mysteries now as an adult...though, to be fair, other than Banshee Towers and the dreadful Disap...

I am an Enid Blyton fan since I first read the Fatty Mystery Series as an 8 year old, many, many moons ago. I introduced my wife to the Fatty Mystery Series, and she loved them and became a Blyton fan straight away. As well as the original run Mystery Series set, we also now have a full set of both ...

Australians, on a whole, have no practical experience of dealing with Gypsies. The English variety mentioned in that article are moderate compared to the Central and Eastern European varients. Having said that, the Eastern European Gypsies I have dealt with here in Melbourne have been largely good. ...

Ming wrote:Glad your wife is enjoying the stories, Vic. Which one is her favourite so far?

In response to your question Ming, my wife answered:

"All of them so far!"

You cannot argue with that!

If you think no human could be like fatty...ie: good at everything, try this bloke out for size: Dr Ric Charlesworth AM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Charlesworth" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The guy literally was brilliant at everything that he put his hand to. Profe...

Hi guys. I have been a life long fan of the Five Findouters and I can pick up the books at any time and always enjoy reading them. I get the same joy out of reading Asterix and Tintin as well. Just recently, I got my wife to start reading the FFO series to see if she as an adult first time reader wo...

It is all over the internet. It was published without my permission. It was an unfinished manuscript - at best. I most certainly have never been paid - not that it would have earned much and not that I need a couple of dollars. It just shows you that people will act in their interest and disregard ...

I can understand how you feel. A decade ago, I submitted an unfinished manuscript to a publisher. Life got in the way and I didn't finish teh manuscript, though I did add considerably more than what was presented to the publisher. Anyways, a copuple of years later I find that it has been published w...

Stunned.

Utterly stunned.

It goes to show that there are some seriously disturbed people in this world.

This reprobate deserves all the heat he is getting.

Cheers,
Vic

Growing up in Melbourne Australia in the 1970's we called this game "He" at my primary school.

I grew up in a heavily Irish Catholic neighbourhood.

http://www.connorcourt.com/catalog1/index.php?currency=GBP&main_page=page&id=8&chapter=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I am not sure if this has been mentioned in another thread (and I am sorry if it has), but seeing as I am a FFO fan I found it very interestin...

Boys growing up in the 1950's, 60's and 70's avidly devoured war comics. We were all fully conversant with the events of World War 2 and could probably identify just about every type of WW2 aircraft, ship, tank and other weapons. 30 years after the war ended, the average British schoolboy still had...