Of course... silly me! I was thinking of Cecil.Anita Bensoussane wrote: ↑12 Feb 2023, 11:03 Is there definitely a Cyril in Five Go Off to Camp, Daisy, or are you thinking of Cecil? I remember Cecil Dearlove, but is there a Cyril as well?
Names that Enid used less frequently?
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1. Kit - The Boy Next Door
2. Mrs Boggs - The Mystery of the Missing man
3. Mrs. Layman - Five Have a Mystery to Solve
4. The Sticks - Five Run Away Together
5. The Lenoirs - Five Go to Smuggler's Top
6. Cyril, Melisande and Roderick - Six Cousins series
7. Darrell, Gwendoline, Mary-Lou, Alicia, Clarissa and Zerelda - Malory Towers series
8. Fenella - Come to the Circus!
9. Yolande, Claude, Rene and Gideon - The Put-Em-Rights
10. Quentin
11.Jock, Richard, Aily, Yan, Sooty,.Marybelle ,.James, Alf
12.Dan.Lou,.Nobby,. Leslie, Bertha-- all these from the FF
13. Madame Tatiosa
14.Zoe and Boysie from Pantomime Cat.
15. Benedict, the "hermit" who befriends Cyril
16.Gloomy Graham/Wilfred
17. Perce Ern's brother.
18. Prince Paul Percival - would love to read the poem featuring Prince Paul Percival from the 1920's , but I don't have it!
Does anyone have it? Would make a good addition to a future Journal maybe??
Obviously the above is not a proper list anymore, but may help to show what names have already been suggested.
Seems Enid used a wider variety of names than I first imagined!
2. Mrs Boggs - The Mystery of the Missing man
3. Mrs. Layman - Five Have a Mystery to Solve
4. The Sticks - Five Run Away Together
5. The Lenoirs - Five Go to Smuggler's Top
6. Cyril, Melisande and Roderick - Six Cousins series
7. Darrell, Gwendoline, Mary-Lou, Alicia, Clarissa and Zerelda - Malory Towers series
8. Fenella - Come to the Circus!
9. Yolande, Claude, Rene and Gideon - The Put-Em-Rights
10. Quentin
11.Jock, Richard, Aily, Yan, Sooty,.Marybelle ,.James, Alf
12.Dan.Lou,.Nobby,. Leslie, Bertha-- all these from the FF
13. Madame Tatiosa
14.Zoe and Boysie from Pantomime Cat.
15. Benedict, the "hermit" who befriends Cyril
16.Gloomy Graham/Wilfred
17. Perce Ern's brother.
18. Prince Paul Percival - would love to read the poem featuring Prince Paul Percival from the 1920's , but I don't have it!
Does anyone have it? Would make a good addition to a future Journal maybe??
Obviously the above is not a proper list anymore, but may help to show what names have already been suggested.
Seems Enid used a wider variety of names than I first imagined!
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I've got 'Prince Paul Percival' in The Teacher's Treasury, Volume 2. It's more a song than a poem as it's set to music by Alec Rowley. The words are as follows:
Prince Paul Percival
Wouldn't ride his pony,
Said he "It's very out of date, and
Feels rather bony!"
"Hie there Chamberlain!
Buy a motor, quick!
That's the sort of thing I want, for
Cars won't kick!"
But oh my! Percival
Drove so very fast,
That trees and walls and other things
Simply whizz'd past!
"Woa Woa gently now,
Don't you gallop so,"
Percival commanded, but the
Car wouldn't wo!
Bang Smash! Deary me,
Just what I was fearing,
Any car would run away with
Prince Paul steering!
Poor Prince Percival
Found the road was stony,
Said he "Well after all I think I'll
Ride my pony."
His name reminds me of Percival Jonathan Jenks, the boy in the short story 'The Silly Storyteller.'
Incidentally, looking at the list of names I wouldn't say that Richard is used less frequently. As well as Richard Kent in Five Get Into Trouble, there's Richard in the Naughtiest Girl series (who plays duets with Elizabeth), Richard in Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm (who owns Lordly-One), Richard Lynton in the Barney series, and no end of Dicks who might be Richards!
Prince Paul Percival
Wouldn't ride his pony,
Said he "It's very out of date, and
Feels rather bony!"
"Hie there Chamberlain!
Buy a motor, quick!
That's the sort of thing I want, for
Cars won't kick!"
But oh my! Percival
Drove so very fast,
That trees and walls and other things
Simply whizz'd past!
"Woa Woa gently now,
Don't you gallop so,"
Percival commanded, but the
Car wouldn't wo!
Bang Smash! Deary me,
Just what I was fearing,
Any car would run away with
Prince Paul steering!
Poor Prince Percival
Found the road was stony,
Said he "Well after all I think I'll
Ride my pony."
His name reminds me of Percival Jonathan Jenks, the boy in the short story 'The Silly Storyteller.'
Incidentally, looking at the list of names I wouldn't say that Richard is used less frequently. As well as Richard Kent in Five Get Into Trouble, there's Richard in the Naughtiest Girl series (who plays duets with Elizabeth), Richard in Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm (who owns Lordly-One), Richard Lynton in the Barney series, and no end of Dicks who might be Richards!
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Many thanks for posting that Anita - it's excellent!
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I thought the same as Anita with regard to Richard, which appears quite a few times and of course Dick is a diminutive of Richard.
Other less frequent names are Twigg and Tammylan.
Other less frequent names are Twigg and Tammylan.
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I have a feeling that names changed to more 'modern' ones in the 1960s books - but because I don't like them so much I haven't got them to hand.
Not Sharron and Tracey, but something similar
Not Sharron and Tracey, but something similar
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Good point Viv, I will investigate!
I think Major Ellis Gathergood was a one off name Enid used - anyone remember him?
I think Major Ellis Gathergood was a one off name Enid used - anyone remember him?
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No, I never heard of Major Ellis Gathergood (or at least I don't think I have!). Two other less frequently used names are Prince Paul's "men" Ranni and Pilescu (spelling?).
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Oona from the Galliano circus series.
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I think that Bufflo and Skippy from Five Have A Wonderful Time were only used once.
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I didn't want to mention any of the circus names as they tend to be 'made-up' names rather than actual ones. Same with many of her African (and other 'foreign') characters.
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Tassie (The Castle of Adventure) and Lucian (The Ship of Adventure) are unusual names in Blyton books.
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I used to call Ming Tassie, as I saw it as a diminutive of Tasnuva.
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I remember that!
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