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- 24 Apr 2024, 23:54
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Ladybird books
- Replies: 231
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Re: Ladybird books
I took a group of Dorset bell-ringers to London yesterday, and one of the churches was St Olave's, Hart Street, where Samuel Pepys worshiped. Naturally enough, I took the Ladybird biography of Pepys with me, for homework on the train. It was light enough to carry, and gave as much information as mos...
- 24 Apr 2024, 23:37
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
- Replies: 14498
- Views: 642444
Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Pip played a trick on all of the rest,
To put all their brains to the test.
'Twas a message in code
To put all their brains to the test.
'Twas a message in code
- 15 Apr 2024, 21:37
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 3811
- Views: 179313
- 14 Apr 2024, 22:08
- Forum: Miscellaneous Blyton
- Topic: Enid Blyton AI Art Style Inspiration
- Replies: 13
- Views: 290
Re: Enid Blyton AI Art Style Inspiration
They are better than most of ghastly covers I had in the shop
- 09 Apr 2024, 22:20
- Forum: The Author
- Topic: Andrew Maunder Interview, Australian Radio Programme
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5712
Re: Andrew Maunder Interview, Australian Radio Programme
I realised the word was being abused when I was accused of racism for saying that Scotsmen eat haggis on Burn's Night.
I've decided that if/when I'm accused again, to own it. I'd rather be a racist than a fat-head...
- 07 Apr 2024, 19:29
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Abba
- Replies: 138
- Views: 11288
Re: Abba
I'm happy - I've found this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDI7x1nwTUw
This afternoon I was even happier - Marsh Harrier at RSPB Radipole in Weymouth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDI7x1nwTUw
This afternoon I was even happier - Marsh Harrier at RSPB Radipole in Weymouth
- 06 Apr 2024, 23:00
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Abba
- Replies: 138
- Views: 11288
Re: Abba
Happily over-dosing in front of a warm telly watching ABBA evening.
Yet to hear Eagle, one of my favourites!
Yet to hear Eagle, one of my favourites!
- 05 Apr 2024, 22:19
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
- Replies: 14498
- Views: 642444
Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Anne heard a noise outside her tent,
'twas a truck full of Portland cement
'twas a truck full of Portland cement
- 04 Apr 2024, 22:09
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: The Three Golliwogs
- Replies: 152
- Views: 22677
Re: The Three Golliwogs
My reasons for defending Golliwogg's wasn't just the rights and wrongs of a rag doll or that I didn't want to see the generation of children who had been evacuated being branded 'racist', but that I thought it vital that each of us should have the Right to say "I don't agree with your opinion b...
- 03 Apr 2024, 16:02
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Corfe Castle..
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1191
Re: Corfe Castle..
Hopefully one day in the future, I can step on UK land and see these beautiful scenery myself. Yes - I hope you will enjoy camping at Corfe one day Jubei - but do remember which of the many campsites you are on... A woman came into the Ginger Pop Shop not long before dusk. "I've had a terrible...
- 03 Apr 2024, 15:53
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Caption Competition
- Replies: 8465
- Views: 603471
Re: Caption Competition
Barney even considered climbing onto the back of the lorry, but that space was already taken
- 02 Apr 2024, 22:40
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: The Three Golliwogs
- Replies: 152
- Views: 22677
Re: The Three Golliwogs
I know Viv of Ginger Pop (who happily points herself out as "brown-skinned") has said that when she used to sell golliwogs at the Ginger Pop Shop in Dorset, she had black customers who loved them Here's Viv's video , which she's shared in EBS discussions before, so hopefully she won't min...
- 02 Apr 2024, 22:28
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Corfe Castle..
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1191
Re: Corfe Castle..
I think I have seen it so misty that the castle disappears
- 02 Apr 2024, 22:24
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Dad's Army
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1151
Re: Dad's Army
Thanks for all these interesting posts - and the photos! I've got the lurgy. This afternoon it was a toss up between watching BBC Famous Five Film, or a 2 hour interview with historian Andrew Roberts talking about Winston Churchill. I'm glad I watched Churchill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYNrUO...
- 31 Mar 2024, 22:29
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Folio Society editions of the Faraway Tree series
- Replies: 27
- Views: 660
Re: Folio Society editions of the Faraway Tree series
I love the swirl of dirty water at the top of the cover illustration. It would appear that this illustrator has read the text!