Thanks for posting the second illustration, Pete - one of my top favourite depictions of The Secret Seven - and probably where I got the idea that their shed isn't very big!
At risk of driving this thread off topic again, I was tidying some old boxes full of my childhood stories, poems and drawings today, in an attempt to clear some into the recycling (I did manage about half a box full!) - and I came across a couple of exercise books of 'Secret Seven' stuff - containing my own poems, puzzles, and games revolving round The Secret Seven.
I was interested to read this poem, which I'd written aged about 10 or 11 judging by my hand writing, and thought I'd share it here!
Its not my best ever poem, and goes a bit awry towards the end - but never mind! Its interesting to see this from a child's point of view!
The Secret Seven
The Seven have a great club,
Have mysteries galore,
Every time I read their books, I wish that I had more.
Sometimes they catch robbers, and sometimes they catch crooks,
Even the girls do good things in these lovely books!
Colin, Peter, Janet, George, Pam, Jack and Barbara,
Remember that their dog called Scamper joins in too.
Enid Blyton wrote the books and has given them to you!
That horrid girl called Susie is a threat to every member,
So don't let her into your club, please try and remember.
Even though she has naughty ways and tricks the Seven all the time
Very often she does try, and quite often she says
"Every Secret Seven member - beware - I'll get there one of these days!"
Now I must end this poem about the Seven - but remember
Susie knows the password, although she is NOT a member!!
(I just hazily recall it somehow and thought it must be in one of the books, but I can't remember which one. It's the sort of thing you'd more often find above the bar in an Aussie outback pub, but you never know with Fatty...)
(For the record, I don't like beer and most Aussies don't drink Foster's anyway.)
