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- 16 Jan 2021, 22:35
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Happy Birthday, Robert!
- Replies: 273
- Views: 20714
Re: Happy Birthday, Robert!
Hi all! Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! I thought I should indeed come out of hiding and at least write a thank you reply! I've been fairly busy - decorating my dad's old bedroom, now I'm in the house alone. Its been a year of change - a real learning curve, as at the age of 48 I was sudd...
- 19 Sep 2020, 20:17
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
- Replies: 8276
- Views: 559248
Re: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
I've just finished Hollow Tree House. One of the few I've not read before and I really enjoyed it. What a ghastly hateful old dragon Aunt Margaret is, like Snow White and Cinderella's step-mothers put together! I agree with Susan at the end saying she doesn't deserve to have them visit and was anno...
- 14 Jul 2020, 16:01
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
- Replies: 8276
- Views: 559248
Re: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
I'm reading Holiday House. Its been one of my favourite Eb books since childhood - I just love the holiday atmosphere, interesting characters (especially Ruth and 'Gloomy Graham'!) and the atmosphere of intrigue that permeates the novel. Its not a big exciting mystery maybe, but Enid, as always, mak...
- 12 Jul 2020, 12:12
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Tattoos
- Replies: 3
- Views: 838
Re: Tattoos
I'm actually planning my first tattoo, which I want to have to mark my 50th birthday in January...probably something with a dragon, as befits my Welsh ancestry!
- 10 Jul 2020, 00:11
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: The Rubadub Mystery
- Replies: 170
- Views: 19599
Re: The Rubadub Mystery
At risk of going off topic, lol - I think the Enid Blyton book I've read the most is probably The Rilloby Fair Mystery - which I have read two or three times more than Rubadub, as it was the first Barney book I ever owned in hardback when I was 10. Its a book I love, and I rate it as one of the funn...
- 09 Jul 2020, 11:43
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: The Rubadub Mystery
- Replies: 170
- Views: 19599
Re: The Rubadub Mystery
Yes - The Rubadub Mystery was intended as the last book in the Barney series...I think Enid mentions this in her preface to The Rat A Tat Mystery. It was the perfect ending to the series, and the two following books lost their emotionally dramatic intensity due to Barney becoming 'a normal boy' just...
- 02 Jun 2020, 14:49
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books
- Replies: 1381
- Views: 88687
Re: Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books
Lol! Glad you enjoyed the book, Pete! A pleasure to send it to you.
And the translation is superb!
And the translation is superb!
- 28 May 2020, 13:52
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Caption Competition
- Replies: 8465
- Views: 608685
Re: Caption Competition
"We wondered where you'd gone, Rob!" exclaimed the other forumites, as Rob Houghton shuffled into view.
- 28 May 2020, 13:49
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Happy Birthday Daisy
- Replies: 288
- Views: 24655
Re: Happy Birthday Daisy
Happy Birthday, Daisy! Hope you are having a lovey day!
- 26 May 2020, 22:56
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books
- Replies: 1381
- Views: 88687
Re: Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books
Thought I'd jump in here, as I know Pete likes to try and beat me by highlighting something NOT in my collection! :lol: Well - hard luck, Pete - I have the comic strip version of The Golden Galleon'. I actually quite like the artwork, though nowhere near traditional Famous Five - and its bright and ...
- 26 May 2020, 22:52
- Forum: The Enid Blyton Society Journal
- Topic: Journal 71
- Replies: 65
- Views: 19353
Re: Journal 71
I did, Chrissie...and I thought I replied...?
- 26 May 2020, 16:43
- Forum: The Enid Blyton Society Journal
- Topic: Journal 71
- Replies: 65
- Views: 19353
Re: Journal 71
Fascinating to read everyone's impressions of Journal 71 - and many thanks to the kind comments about my own article. I always enjoy writing them, especially when I can tie memories of my own childhood into the books I mention! Many thanks also for the enquiries after my well-being! I'm getting on o...
- 24 Mar 2020, 16:52
- Forum: Blyton On TV
- Topic: Malory Towers TV series
- Replies: 355
- Views: 206071
Re: Malory Towers TV series
I haven't caught any of it yet. Being away from the forums for a week or so, I have got left behind! Sounds like most people feel a good job has been done.
- 24 Mar 2020, 16:45
- Forum: Games
- Topic: True or false?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 34362
Re: True or false?
Lol! I seem to have missed this - although technically we were still waiting for the official answer, I guess!
- 14 Mar 2020, 02:29
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books
- Replies: 1381
- Views: 88687
Re: Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books
I was lucky enough to be given a copy of this book by an EB member in a 'swap'. Its a lovely book!