Hey Number6! and the rest of you guys. How ya been? Haven't been on in a long spell. But good to see a lot of you here again. :) I may have a couple FF books at home; I'm not sure. Seems like I had a couple many years ago. But my first intro to the Famous Five was in late 70's, I'd guess 77 or 78 in...

Thanks for the shot, number6. I'll have to look up this episode tonight and find it. Is this all private land now, or open to the public? And when did you go there? I'll probably find it by looking up Roydon Manor, maybe? Have a great rest of the day!

Thanks everyone for the comeback. Appreciate it.

I found an interesting little bit of writing on the Famous Five series from Canada. It probably doesn't contain anything most of you don't know, but there might be something, such as the Finnish band who sung the song, I think. https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/t/The_Famous_Five_%2...

What was Mespelbrunn Castle from, Chrissie? Was it in a Famous Five book or in the 78 series?

Hey all. I was looking for some of the Famous Five badges... must be someone who sells them or makes reproductions, is there not? I got a glimmer of hope when I came across this site: http://www.rscollect.co.uk/famous" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; five.htm but then it seem...

I cringe every time I see those illustrations. You know I always crib about never getting any old editions, but honestly, I bought most of my EB books before 2012, and the new covers were still sensible back then. THIS is horrible. This is from a while back, but I have to agree. I grew up with real...

Thanks for the links, Wolfgang. Can you tell me if any of these had English subtitles or were dubbed into the English language? I know sometimes they have multi-languages on one DVD. I'll go search some more. Thanks again. Actually found #3 but just in German on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Does anyone here know what the actual names of the films were? It sounds like there were four films made. I would like to find links to them all online, but I need the names of them first...

Wolfgang, thanks for the reply and the link. Perhaps she would not have approved of it, but I'm glad it got made. Has anyone actually seen it? I've followed umpteen links to nowhere in my attempts to find it. It looks good in the previews.

Has anyone seen this FF movie from 2012 in the German Language? Seems to be some trailers for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYO8E5iWQvk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7mUturCcpE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fa...

This is the right location for the gate scenes at Owls Dene, Jack. I'm certain these were the same set of gates as seen in the Trouble episode, as well. Gates of this stature usually last for many, many years, & are incredibly expensive to replace. They are certainly very old. :D Wonder if ther...

Another two pics found unexpectedly! Both are of Pylewell gates and driveway, which doubled for those at Owls Dene in 'Five get into trouble'. It was a murky day, proving not all of my visits to the New Forest were bathed in sunshine! Compared to the episode, things have certainly changed! :D Thank...

Thanks, everybody for all your replies, insight, and discussion. And jack400, the railroad links were great! I haven't read all of the articles but really loved the one with the pics with the Famous Five cast. Really cool how they made the fake tunnel look so real, but it was only 6 feet deep. The m...

Ah, its no problem anyway. This magazine came up for sale on eBay over here in the US (maybe in New Jersey?) along with another Look-In and I just bought it. Its been up there for a week. So I'll know when I get it. :) Take care guys! I'm off to process a bunch of wood. A friend and I have a big woo...