I suppose I'm in that tiny minority that considers Betty Maxey's Famous Five to be superior to that of Eileen Soper's. I understand Soper's illustrations are closer to Blyton's descriptions, but I had not seen them when I first read the books in the late 70s and early 80s. Not till the late 90s, in ...

Ah, a mystery that's been left partly solved. I wonder why everybody gave up. http://i.imgur.com/soTe64q.jpg I do know that number one is The Mystery Of The Burnt Cottage. What makes you think that, Pete? Didn't you notice the two little red shoes in the bottom left corner? I'll bet my eyeteeth that...

Mam'zelle looked dished.

Well, apparently nobody's familiar with the Noddy books then, because the name of the disreputable family figures in one of the book titles!

Seeing that two weeks are up, I thought I should give the thread a bump by announcing a winner. The entries mostly seemed to follow a theme, but this one made me grin (though I admit I mentally substituted 'James' with 'Moonraker'). :) ' James! Next time please use your handkerchief!' Feel free to p...

It's actually Ring O'Bells Hall, but you've worked it out. Well done -- OTY. I thought the 'ROB' sequence of letters would be a giveaway but clearly it didn't ring any bells...

I expect it proved to be a toughie after all, though it's a perfectly straightforward description of a place as mentioned in the book.

Petermax wrote:The design of these jackets appeared to be derived from the world of motor sports.

Indeed. James Hunt comes to mind.

Maybe River, because it doesn't feature any stalactites/stalagmites?

On that note...



"Drat -- I should have known better than to wear my best togs to come and watch Titanic in 3D."

Sorry, I've been travelling again. Here's a new ditloid, hopefully easier than the last:
2T in ROBH; 1S and 1R

Haha. Coincidentally, I was thinking on the lines of "Moonraker wished he hadn't overdosed on the curry... but it was too late, as Anita found out to her dismay."

Well done, and over to you Pete. Seeing that Pete hasn't posted in nearly a month, and it's been two weeks since you declared him as winner, I think we should get this thread moving with a new picture. I don't know if it's been used recently; if it has please let me know so that I can take this dow...

I wouldn't mind a monster sandwich with beef, chicken, ham and lamb all at once, in fond memory of Dick Kirrin. No tomatoes for me. And a tankard of chilled beer please.

Well, why can't you? Don't you have access to a computer? Anyway, I borrowed my brother's laptop to upload this crop. It may not be very challenging but I'm glad the thread is off my hands. I don't think I shall attempt to guess any more answers! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7101/7285076008_c1b08c1...