Thoughts after re-reading A Childhood at Green Hedges
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Anita, 'To Mabel' would make sense.
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A scarce, pricey book. On ebay for just £3.11 with free postage at present:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392033555827 ... name=11021
A Childhood at Green Hedges: A Fragment of Autobiography by Enid Blyton's Daughter
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392033555827 ... name=11021
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It's sold now!!
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Looks like you probably bought it, Pete.
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Well!
After returning from my break today, the above book was waiting for me in the mountain of my post.
How did it end up coming through my letterbox?
I have a really battered ex library version of this book already, but this £3.11 copy (inc postage) is in pristine condition.
The dustjacket and the pages are crisp and clean.
How did I end up with this bargain?
My first suspect is my wife. I had been treating her to fish & chips at the beach cafe, and then taking her for a pint of Guinness at the cosy Aberporth pub when she went a bit cryptic.....
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Not a bad return for some fish n chips and a pint.
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Well done Pete - a holiday and a bargain of a new book all in one week.
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Cheers John & Katharine.
I ordered this book once before at a cheap price.
The seller said it had become lost in his stocks after I had bought it.
He then re-listed the very same book a few days later at an extortionate price.
I alerted ebay, so I was very surprised that this book was actually sold and delivered at such an amazingly low price!
I ordered this book once before at a cheap price.
The seller said it had become lost in his stocks after I had bought it.
He then re-listed the very same book a few days later at an extortionate price.
I alerted ebay, so I was very surprised that this book was actually sold and delivered at such an amazingly low price!
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Re: Thoughts after re-reading A Childhood at Green Hedges
I think Enid probably wasn’t the mother Imogen needed & Imogen may later not have been best suited for boarding life. In my opinion & experience, full boarding only truly suits a surprisingly small number.
This doesn’t mean Enid was necessarily a bad mother. She was very much of her time & background. I was impressed by her preventing Imogen’s expulsion at Benenden. I think Imogen was too.
This doesn’t mean Enid was necessarily a bad mother. She was very much of her time & background. I was impressed by her preventing Imogen’s expulsion at Benenden. I think Imogen was too.
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Good to see you posting, Belly!
When I read the Naughtiest Girl, Malory Towers and St. Clare's books I used to think boarding sounded fun, but I doubt I'd have enjoyed it in reality. I'd have missed having time to myself for one thing, as I spent an enormous amount of time reading as a child. Being parted from my books would have been as hard as being parted from my family!
When I read the Naughtiest Girl, Malory Towers and St. Clare's books I used to think boarding sounded fun, but I doubt I'd have enjoyed it in reality. I'd have missed having time to myself for one thing, as I spent an enormous amount of time reading as a child. Being parted from my books would have been as hard as being parted from my family!
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I'm a bit late with this but you're right, Ilsa (Daisy)!
https://www.192.com/atoz/people/houston/ishabel/
Come to think of it, there's a girl with a similar name in Anne Digby's Trebizon series - Ishbel Anderson, whose friends call her Tish.
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It could also be "Johabel", but this name is more linked to Spanish or Portuguese people.
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