Teachers World Letters, Jan 1930 - July 1934

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Another lovely read with Enid's letter. I can well imagine how the children used to look forward to reading these letters every week. :)
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I wouldn't have thought it was a good idea to put the pike in a pond even one without goldfish, much better put it in the river.

Enid seems to be running a thriving pondweed mail order business as well as arranging a transfer of nature specimens from rural to urban schools, a good idea, it was a shame there wasn't a better take up.

We are so lucky to be able to read these letters, it's a different aspect of Enid's work that we wouldn't otherwise see.
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Yes, it's wonderful to have such an insight into Enid's life and work in the 1930s.

Interesting about the pike. I agree that it would have been better to put it in the river, Kate.

I also thought of the Pip story when I read about Bobs and the "jelly", Courtenay.
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Courtenay wrote:I missed last week's letter for some reason
Of course, if you followed us on Facebook or Twitter, you would have had a reminder on Tuesday evening. :D
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I don't seem to get many reminders on my facebook stream...? :(
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

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Moonraker wrote:
Courtenay wrote:I missed last week's letter for some reason
Of course, if you followed us on Facebook or Twitter, you would have had a reminder on Tuesday evening. :D
says the man who thought the last letter hadn't been posted yet...! :twisted:
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Rob Houghton wrote:I don't seem to get many reminders on my facebook stream...? :(
Hover your cursor on Following, and check you have "Notifications" turned on for all posts, Rob .... and "Guilty as charged" on the second count! :oops:
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thanks Nigel - yes - my notifications are all on - maybe they just sometimes get lost in all the drivel I have on my facebook feed! :lol:
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I'm not on Facebook or Twitter, so it's all moot to me. :wink:
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"Moot" ? What is that? An Australianism?
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No — I checked it before I used it to make sure I was right in what I thought it meant. It's the second definition here: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/moot" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :wink:
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Hmm, I know the first meaning and usage but never heard it used as you have. We learn something new every day! It isn't a word I would use often anyway and only as an adjective, I think.
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A lovely springtime letter about the Pug Pups society, lambs, swans and a pigeon. Lucky Gillian, getting to feed the lambs. Bobs' letter is entertaining as usual and there's a riddle to solve as well.
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I tried feeding a lamb once, it was so eager it nearly pushed me off my feet and I had to hang on to the bottle for dear life, needless to say it wasn't a newborn but quite a bit bigger. I managed to solve the riddle-me-ree this week without too much difficulty, I quite enjoy these, I don't suppose kids have them these days. Off to read this week's nature lesson now.
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Yes, lovely letters. I haven't had time to figure out the riddle-me-ree yet, but I'm sure I will later. I don't know if children today do riddle-me-rees at all — I certainly didn't have them when I was growing up in the 1980s. I do remember being baffled when I occasionally encountered them in older books when I was very little, having no idea what "my first is in _____ but not in _____" was meant to refer to! :lol: :P I probably should have asked my parents or grandparents, but I didn't think of that.
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