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Chrissie777
Posts: 9448 Joined: 17 Mar 2012, 16:54Favourite book/series: Famous Five, Adventure Series, Valley of AdventureFavourite character: George Kirrin, Jack TrentLocation: Worcester, MA, USA
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by Chrissie777 10 Sep 2014, 18:46
sixret wrote: I used to study world maps and memorise capital cities of all the countries when I was a teenager. I spent hours looking at atlas book( I still keep the book and it is rather tatty now).
Thank you Chrissie for the links.
Your very welcome
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I wish I had kept my large school atlas from the 60's...
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pete9012S
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by pete9012S 24 May 2015, 12:53
Wouldn't it be great if we could all have a go at making a Map Of Peterswood.
Even something like this would be good fun!
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Chrissie777
Posts: 9448 Joined: 17 Mar 2012, 16:54Favourite book/series: Famous Five, Adventure Series, Valley of AdventureFavourite character: George Kirrin, Jack TrentLocation: Worcester, MA, USA
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by Chrissie777 24 May 2015, 14:51
pete9012S wrote: Wouldn't it be great if we could all have a go at making a Map Of Peterswood.
Splendid idea!!!
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Julie2owlsdene
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by Julie2owlsdene 25 May 2015, 09:31
And everyone would be completely different, Pete, as we've all got our own Peterswood in our heads.
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pete9012S
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by pete9012S 10 Oct 2018, 17:18
Still live in hope that one day someone will attempt a map of Peterswood!
Something like this would be great!
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Rob Houghton
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by Rob Houghton 10 Oct 2018, 17:36
It would be brilliant to have a map of Peterswood - but do the details stay the same from book to book?!
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pete9012S
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by pete9012S 11 Oct 2018, 15:50
I just had a go - It is quite obviously pathetic! Surely someone/anyone can do better than this??!!!
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Anita Bensoussane
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by Anita Bensoussane 11 Oct 2018, 16:06
It's good to see it, Pete! I'm glad you put the shed in! What about places like The Ivies (Fairlin Hall), Grintriss (Green Trees), the theatre, etc.?
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Rob Houghton
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by Rob Houghton 11 Oct 2018, 16:10
Isn't 'Winter Hill' the other side of the river...as Christmas Hill is in real life?
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Courtenay
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by Courtenay 11 Oct 2018, 17:00
I thought "Christmas Hill" was the name used in the book (
Hidden House ) and Winter Hill was the name of the real location near Bourne End that Enid presumably used as the model?
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by Boatbuilder 11 Oct 2018, 17:11
I rather think that it is actually 'Winter Mill' - It's just Pete's writing. Just like further down the map it's not 'Fatty's Mouse'' - or is it?
Courtenay
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by Courtenay 11 Oct 2018, 17:25
Not to mention "Pip and Bet's House" — the position of the apostrophe indicating that the house belongs to "Bet".
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Stephen
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by Stephen 11 Oct 2018, 17:26
I know it's not the greatest of pictures, and I'm no David Bailey (I was sitting in a parked car at the time!), but here's a photo from the top of Winter Hill I took a couple of years ago. If you get out, it's actually quite a good view!
Courtenay
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by Courtenay 11 Oct 2018, 17:29
The one near Bourne End, or the one near Bolton?
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