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pete9012S
Posts: 17649 Joined: 24 Jan 2010, 15:32
Favourite book/series: Five On A Treasure Island
Favourite character: Frederick Algernon Trotteville
Location: UK
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by pete9012S » 16 Sep 2017, 14:33
Moonraker wrote: ..Two volumes of Margaret Thatcher's autobiography ..
Seems a huge amount of literature/guff to plough through just to be able to wind Deej up!
Having said that, Michael Heseltine's biography is ace..
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Chrissie777
Posts: 9448 Joined: 17 Mar 2012, 16:54
Favourite book/series: Famous Five, Adventure Series, Valley of Adventure
Favourite character: George Kirrin, Jack Trent
Location: Worcester, MA, USA
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by Chrissie777 » 16 Sep 2017, 16:16
Moonraker wrote: We found a bookshop that had a huge "barn" at the back of the shop. I was treated to a News Chronicle Boys' and Girls' Annual by Enid Blyton , Two volumes of Margaret Thatcher's autobiography and a book on long lost Cornish railways. All of this for £11!
What a bargain, Nigel!!!
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Daisy
Posts: 16632 Joined: 28 Oct 2006, 22:49
Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England
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by Daisy » 16 Sep 2017, 16:30
A bonus birthday present! Well done, Nigel.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Katharine
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by Katharine » 16 Sep 2017, 20:47
Moonraker wrote:
We took the train to Bradford-on-Avon, had lunch at the wonderful Canal Lock Inn and had a wander around the town. A delightful Wiltshire town. We found a bookshop that had a huge "barn" at the back of the shop. I was treated to a News Chronicle Boys' and Girls' Annual by Enid Blyton , Two volumes of Margaret Thatcher's autobiography and a book on long lost Cornish railways. All of this for £11!
Belated birthday wishes from me. Sounds like you had a lovely day. I mis-read your post and at first thought you meant that Enid Blyton had treated you to a News Chronicle Annual.
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Courtenay
Posts: 19313 Joined: 07 Feb 2014, 01:22
Favourite book/series: The Adventure Series, Galliano's Circus
Favourite character: Lotta
Location: Both Aussie and British; living in Cheshire
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by Courtenay » 16 Sep 2017, 20:59
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure )
Anita Bensoussane
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Posts: 26882 Joined: 30 Jan 2005, 23:25
Favourite book/series: Adventure series, Six Cousins books, Six Bad Boys
Favourite character: Jack Trent, Fatty and Elizabeth Allen
Location: UK
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by Anita Bensoussane » 16 Sep 2017, 21:05
Sounds like a really lovely day, Nigel.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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Moonraker
Posts: 22445 Joined: 31 Jan 2005, 19:15
Location: Wiltshire, England
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by Moonraker » 18 Sep 2017, 10:10
Thanks, folks! It was a good day out, Anita.
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Rob Houghton
Posts: 16029 Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
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by Rob Houghton » 18 Sep 2017, 10:22
Moonraker wrote: Thanks, folks! It was a good day out, Anita.
Have you only just come round from celebrating your birthday?
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Aurélien
Posts: 3205 Joined: 21 Oct 2008, 22:10
Favourite book/series: Book: The Boy Next Door / Series: Famous Five
Favourite character: Noddy
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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by Aurélien » 18 Sep 2017, 11:35
Another birthday, Nigel! Whatever happened to the time when there were a whole 12 months between someone's birthdays?
Happy B-Day, anyway, with a cake and fun-filled celebrations.
'Aurélien Arkadiusz'
Machupicchu14
Posts: 2031 Joined: 06 Feb 2016, 15:57
Favourite book/series: The Famous Five/The Naughtiest Girl
Favourite character: George Kirrin/ Elizabeth Allen
Location: Sweden
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by Machupicchu14 » 18 Sep 2017, 15:47
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!
Wish you had a BRILLIANT day!!!!!
"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
(все, что я понимаю, я понимаю только потому, что люблю)
Lev Tolstoy
You can call me Machupicchu14 or María Esther
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IceMaiden
Posts: 2300 Joined: 07 Jan 2016, 18:49
Favourite book/series: Too many to mention! All of them!
Favourite character: George
Location: North Wales
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by IceMaiden » 18 Sep 2017, 23:40
Belated Birthday wishes, hope you had a good day
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Darrell71
Posts: 3027 Joined: 19 Jun 2012, 15:35
Favourite book/series: Adventure series
Favourite character: Darrell Rivers, Bill Smugs, Kiki, Elizabeth Allen,
Location: USA
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by Darrell71 » 08 Oct 2017, 16:25
Happy Frightfully Belated Birthday, Nigel!
You can call me Sunskriti!
Moonraker
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by Moonraker » 08 Oct 2017, 18:16
Better late than never, Sunskriti! Thanks all for you good wishes.
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Rob Houghton
Posts: 16029 Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
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by Rob Houghton » 08 Oct 2017, 18:18
seeing this post come up again, I thought Nigel was having yet another birthday already!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Chrissie777
Posts: 9448 Joined: 17 Mar 2012, 16:54
Favourite book/series: Famous Five, Adventure Series, Valley of Adventure
Favourite character: George Kirrin, Jack Trent
Location: Worcester, MA, USA
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by Chrissie777 » 08 Oct 2017, 18:20
Me, too!
Chrissie
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