What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?

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:lol: :lol: I can imagine.
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That's great, Katharine! What a lucky last-minute find!
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After a cup of tea and watching the steam train depart
You sound like my kind of girl, Katharine!
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It was a great cup of tea, well mug actually. I hate drinking out of cardboard containers, I think it tastes so much better when it's served in china crockery. Yes, it was pretty much a perfect day yesterday, I chose my calendar for my parents to buy me for Christmas - it has vintage railway posters of East Anglia.

I love Sheringham, and wish I could live there, but maybe the dream wouldn't be as good if it turned into a reality. Although I can't imagine I'd ever tire of living within a stone's throw of the sea and a heritage railway line.

I probably sound really childish, but finding that book yesterday has left me on a real 'high' and I'm still smiling about it today.
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I don't think you sound at all childish, Katharine! All book-lovers will understand that sort of joy! And like you I find sea views, cups of tea, antique/retro shops and vintage railway posters very appealing.
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Katharine wrote: I hate drinking out of cardboard containers, I think it tastes so much better when it's served in china crockery.
Oh, most certainly. You have to have the appropriate vessel for the drink. I hate plastic pint "glasses" you get at outside events. I hate drinking Old Thumper out of a Doom Bar glass. As for drinking a fine malt whisky out of a teacup.....Aaaarrrggghhhhh!
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Anita, yes it's nice to think that many people reading my post would have felt the same pleasure in finding a book. I suppose the perfect ending to the day would have been to sit on the beach and read the book, but it was too cold and dark for that. :D

Nigel, I'm not a beer or a whisky drinker, but I would imagine they wouldn't taste the same unless in a glass. I would imagine that a tea cup might be preferable to a plastic beaker though? How about swigging beer from a bottle, is that the same?
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A disappointing edition of "Look Out Secret Seven" arrived in the post today.

I'd originally ordered a HB 60's edition of "Good Work Secret Seven" and that got damaged in the post. I ordered this as a replacement and accidentally selected a horrible modern edition with an appalling, cartoon cover. It will be one read and straight to the charity shop with it.
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That's a shame, BurlingtonBertram. I hope you're able to get a better edition at a later date.
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I must say though that I enjoyed the plot at least.
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"The Greedy Rabbit" arrived, though I wonder when I will read it. I'm just glad I managed to finish three handful of Noddy/Nicki-books meeting several times bad golliwogs, the Saucepan Man two times and Enid's advertising of E&B productions.
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A slightly battered 1970s series Five Go to Smugglers Top annual for £1 in my local Oxfam shop. Tonight's bedtime reading is sorted now. :lol:
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That annual was recently mentioned in another thread, John. It's a good'un!

What do you mean by "Enid's advertising of E&B productions", Wolfgang?
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Oops, it should have read N. & B. Works.
In "Noddy meets Father Christmas" Santa Claus is asking Noddy to drive him around. Their last station is N. & B. Works, which stands for Noddy and Big-Ears Works, making Noddy and Big-Ears dolls. I suppose Enid wanted introduce them to children so they'd ask their parents to get one or buy one themselves.
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Ah yes - thanks for that. I wonder if any readers actually went looking for a shop called 'N. & B. Works'?
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