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1. Uncle Quentin
2. Any of the pets!
3. Mr Goon (Daisy's choice)
4. Rocky!
5. Mr Eppy
6. Professor Hayling (Dick's choice)
7. Mr Tupping
8. Twit the baker
9. Block
10. Dame Slap
11. JoJo
12. Red Tower
13. Benedict the hermit (Six Cousins)
14. Horace "Tripalong" Tipperlong (The Sea of Adventure)
15. Raya Uma
16. The Angry Pixie
17. The Stick Family :mrgreen:
18. Peter from the Secret Seven!!
19. Mr Barton and Uncle Paul (from the Boy next Door)
20. Alec Grant (The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat)
21. Mr Marvel (Rubadub Mystery)
22. Mrs Moon (The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters)
23. Dirty Dick (unwashed)
24. Mr Curton (generating a hiss from Anne!
25. Prudence Arnold (from Summer term at St Clares)
26. John Henry Smith (Secret Room)
27. Mr & Mrs Larkin (The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage)
28 Sir Stamp-a-Lot and Lady Yell-Around (from The Magic faraway Tree)
'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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1. Uncle Quentin
2. Any of the pets!
3. Mr Goon (Daisy's choice)
4. Rocky!
5. Mr Eppy
6. Professor Hayling (Dick's choice)
7. Mr Tupping
8. Twit the baker
9. Block
10. Dame Slap
11. JoJo
12. Red Tower
13. Benedict the hermit (Six Cousins)
14. Horace "Tripalong" Tipperlong (The Sea of Adventure)
15. Raya Uma
16. The Angry Pixie
17. The Stick Family :mrgreen:
18. Peter from the Secret Seven!!
19. Mr Barton and Uncle Paul (from the Boy next Door)
20. Alec Grant (The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat)
21. Mr Marvel (Rubadub Mystery)
22. Mrs Moon (The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters)
23. Dirty Dick (unwashed)
24. Mr Curton (generating a hiss from Anne!
25. Prudence Arnold (from Summer term at St Clares)
26. John Henry Smith (Secret Room)
27. Mr & Mrs Larkin (The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage)
28 Sir Stamp-a-Lot and Lady Yell-Around (from The Magic faraway Tree)
29. Lou and Tiger Dan
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1. Uncle Quentin
2. Any of the pets!
3. Mr Goon (Daisy's choice)
4. Rocky!
5. Mr Eppy
6. Professor Hayling (Dick's choice)
7. Mr Tupping
8. Twit the baker
9. Block
10. Dame Slap
11. JoJo
12. Red Tower
13. Benedict the hermit (Six Cousins)
14. Horace "Tripalong" Tipperlong (The Sea of Adventure)
15. Raya Uma
16. The Angry Pixie
17. The Stick Family
18. Peter from the Secret Seven!!
19. Mr Barton and Uncle Paul (from the Boy next Door)
20. Alec Grant (The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat)
21. Mr Marvel (Rubadub Mystery)
22. Mrs Moon (The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters)
23. Dirty Dick (unwashed)
24. Mr Curton (generating a hiss from Anne!
25. Prudence Arnold (from Summer term at St Clares)
26. John Henry Smith (Secret Room)
27. Mr & Mrs Larkin (The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage)
28 Sir Stamp-a-Lot and Lady Yell-Around (from The Magic faraway Tree)
29. Lou and Tiger Dan
30. Britomart (Circus Days Again) :twisted:
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1. Uncle Quentin
2. Any of the pets!
3. Mr Goon (Daisy's choice)
4. Rocky!
5. Mr Eppy
6. Professor Hayling (Dick's choice)
7. Mr Tupping
8. Twit the baker
9. Block
10. Dame Slap
11. JoJo
12. Red Tower
13. Benedict the hermit (Six Cousins)
14. Horace "Tripalong" Tipperlong (The Sea of Adventure)
15. Raya Uma
16. The Angry Pixie
17. The Stick Family
18. Peter from the Secret Seven!!
19. Mr Barton and Uncle Paul (from the Boy next Door)
20. Alec Grant (The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat)
21. Mr Marvel (Rubadub Mystery)
22. Mrs Moon (The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters)
23. Dirty Dick (unwashed)
24. Mr Curton (generating a hiss from Anne!
25. Prudence Arnold (from Summer term at St Clares)
26. John Henry Smith (Secret Room)
27. Mr & Mrs Larkin (The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage)
28 Sir Stamp-a-Lot and Lady Yell-Around (from The Magic faraway Tree)
29. Lou and Tiger Dan
30. Britomart (Circus Days Again) :twisted:
31. Fric (Hurrah For the Circus)
'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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1. Uncle Quentin
2. Any of the pets!
3. Mr Goon (Daisy's choice)
4. Rocky!
5. Mr Eppy
6. Professor Hayling (Dick's choice)
7. Mr Tupping
8. Twit the baker
9. Block
10. Dame Slap
11. JoJo
12. Red Tower
13. Benedict the hermit (Six Cousins)
14. Horace "Tripalong" Tipperlong (The Sea of Adventure)
15. Raya Uma
16. The Angry Pixie
17. The Stick Family
18. Peter from the Secret Seven!!
19. Mr Barton and Uncle Paul (from the Boy next Door)
20. Alec Grant (The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat)
21. Mr Marvel (Rubadub Mystery)
22. Mrs Moon (The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters)
23. Dirty Dick (unwashed)
24. Mr Curton (generating a hiss from Anne!
25. Prudence Arnold (from Summer term at St Clares)
26. John Henry Smith (Secret Room)
27. Mr & Mrs Larkin (The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage)
28 Sir Stamp-a-Lot and Lady Yell-Around (from The Magic faraway Tree)
29. Lou and Tiger Dan
30. Britomart (Circus Days Again)
31. Fric (Hurrah For the Circus)
32. Mr Potts "of Money" (The Treasure Hunters)
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1. Uncle Quentin
2. Any of the pets!
3. Mr Goon (Daisy's choice)
4. Rocky!
5. Mr Eppy
6. Professor Hayling (Dick's choice)
7. Mr Tupping
8. Twit the baker
9. Block
10. Dame Slap
11. JoJo
12. Red Tower
13. Benedict the hermit (Six Cousins)
14. Horace "Tripalong" Tipperlong (The Sea of Adventure)
15. Raya Uma
16. The Angry Pixie
17. The Stick Family
18. Peter from the Secret Seven!!
19. Mr Barton and Uncle Paul (from the Boy next Door)
20. Alec Grant (The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat)
21. Mr Marvel (Rubadub Mystery)
22. Mrs Moon (The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters)
23. Dirty Dick (unwashed)
24. Mr Curton (generating a hiss from Anne!)
25. Prudence Arnold (from Summer term at St Clares)
26. John Henry Smith (Secret Room)
27. Mr & Mrs Larkin (The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage)
28 Sir Stamp-a-Lot and Lady Yell-Around (from The Magic faraway Tree)
29. Lou and Tiger Dan
30. Britomart (Circus Days Again)
31. Fric (Hurrah For the Circus)
32. Mr Potts "of Money" (The Treasure Hunters)
33. The Guv'nor, diamond smuggling mastermind (FGDTTS)
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daanton wrote: 33. The Guv'nor, diamond smuggling mastermind (FGDTTS)
:? :? Isn't he a drug smuggler? :? :wink:
'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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Could he have been a diamond smuggler in the 1970's TV shows? Just a guess,as I have never watched any.
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He was definitely a drug smuggler. Unless more modern editions have turned the drugs into diamonds. :roll:
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Yes, he was a drug smuggler. I haven't read Five Go Down to the Sea for some years, but it was one I really enjoyed and I still remember exactly where the drugs were hidden!!
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I only mentioned it because I was wondering whether it was a modern 'improvement'! I always thought this was a very adult plot, and also still quite relevant today, as it deals with drug smuggling, so I was a bit disappointed to think it might have been dumbed-down more recently! :(

Sorry to disrupt the list!! :oops:
'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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Just checked on youtube.
It was gold bullion and diamonds being smuggled in the 1970's tv episode,so Daanton is correct from a televisual perspective.

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Ah - that explains it! Thanks Pete! Pity they felt the need to alter it - I always felt the drug plot was quite realistic!
'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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Rob Houghton wrote:I only mentioned it because I was wondering whether it was a modern 'improvement'! I always thought this was a very adult plot, and also still quite relevant today, as it deals with drug smuggling, so I was a bit disappointed to think it might have been dumbed-down more recently! :(
I agree, it's a great plot (even though it surprised me that Enid wrote about something like that!) and yes to change it to diamonds etc does give the impression that it was being dumbed-down - however it's still drugs in the 90s episode and in the modern books, I've got a copy of it from 2000-and-something (sorry can't remember the year!) with the Eileen Soper cover and it's drugs in there, thank goodness!
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