Enid Blyton's Magazine 1953-1959

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Re: Enid Blyton's Magazine 1953-1959

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Moonraker wrote:Dave's comment was originally credited to a remark about Nigel Farage!

UKIP MEP Patrick O'Flynn has apologised to party leader Nigel Farage for calling him "snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive".

I wouldn't think that could ever describe Julie, and am sure she can completely absolve herself from that remark/criticism! :D
Thank you, Moonraker, it's nice to know I have a Knight in shinning armour who looks out for me on here. Words like 'snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive, don't live in my Blyton world thankfully. :)

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Moonraker wrote:Dave's comment was originally credited to a remark about Nigel Farage!

UKIP MEP Patrick O'Flynn has apologised to party leader Nigel Farage for calling him "snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive".

I wouldn't think that could ever describe Julie, and am sure she can completely absolve herself from that remark/criticism! :D
My feeling about Julie entirely, Nigel. :D
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Thanks, Eddie. My two nights in Shining Armour. :lol:

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I agree with Nigel, we'd all better calm down now. I didn't find Walter's comment offensive, by the way - I assumed it was just meant to be jokey - but I could see it sounded a little unfair (however unintentionally) to the many people here who've contributed many articles to the Journal over the years.

I definitely don't think there's any reason to descend into name-calling and defensiveness, and while (unlike some here) I haven't met Julie personally, I don't think "snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive" applies to her either! :wink: Let's just move on, shall we? Again, I regret posting on the forums about the purchase of the Journals in the first place.

Now we've gone way off the topic of Pete's original post about his own very interesting purchase of Enid Blyton's Magazines. Pete, I'd love to see/read about any more examples from them that you find intriguing. :D
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Re: Enid Blyton's Magazine 1953-1959

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Moonraker wrote:We've had a couple of instances now where feathers have been ruffled. Maybe, in future, it might be better not to reply to an offer on the forum but to email/ PM instead. As Julie inferred, it is easy for offence to be taken where none was intended.
I don't really agree with the PM idea in some ways. Yes - great idea when it gets to final arrangements - addresses etc, but I should imagine it would be pretty annoying to the seller if they were to receive a dozen PMs from people all asking to buy what's on offer. At least when a reply is posted publicly we all get to read it and to know someone has taken the offer up. I also don't like the idea of having to censor things and make them private when in fact its nothing that needs to be censored. :evil:
'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.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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Re: Enid Blyton's Magazine 1953-1959

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re: those child letter writers from Australia and South Africa.
I hope they are still with us as elderly ladies and are reading Blyton to their grandchildren. I also would guess that the South African little girl who wrote in was white given it was the apartheid era.
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