Journal 34
- Rob Houghton
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- Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
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Re: Journal 34
Just looked on the society shop at next journal's contents, and I must say it looks another brilliant read. Specially interested in the pepys games like 'Find out'. One thing I'd like to 'find out' about all of the games is how you tell a first edition from a later one? Sue Bell always has 'first edition' when she's selling one, and i wondered how you can tell?
Can't wait for Journal 34 to arrive now!
Can't wait for Journal 34 to arrive now!
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Re: Journal 34
All gone! I have just deleted your repeat. I have been putting Journals into envelopes all day, as they arrived this morning. When I went to buy the stamps at the post office he said 'You don't want to bother with that, we'll do them all for you' - Too good an offer to refuse, but I am not quite sure now exactly when they will be sent out, with over a thousand stamps to stick on it's a lot of work and I still have to get them to the post office first. Hopefully they will arrive later this week, but I still have quite a bit to do.
- Rob Houghton
- Posts: 16029
- Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
- Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
- Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
- Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
Re: Journal 34
My dad sent a large envelope by post recently and they did the stamp electronically without actually sticking a stamp on it. Maybe that's what they're gonna do?!
'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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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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- Fatty
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- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers
- Favourite character: Little Bets
- Location: Bourne Wood, Peter's End
Re: Journal 34
It's called "franking", and it does away with the hassle of sticking stamps. The envelopes are stacked and fed through a machine that prints an emblem on each, and it shouldn't take more than a few minutes to get a thousand letters ready for posting.
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Re: Journal 34
The Journals have all left the nest (apart from Moose's which doesn't know where to fly and is still sitting here waiting for Moose to come up with a destination!). No magic machines in the post office apparently, just blood, sweat and hopefully not, tears! They may well use labels rather than stamps on the overseas ones, but they still have to be stuck on. I hope they arrive this year!!
Re: Journal 34
I'm thoroughly looking forward to Journal 34. Journal 33, my first since joining the Society a few months back was (and still is) a great read. It would be nice if they were published quarterly but I speak in jest as a huge amount of work must go into each issue, not to mention dispatch.
- Lucky Star
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Re: Journal 34
Great news. Hopefully it will arrive by the weekend thus giving me a good read session on Sunday.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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- Daisy
- Posts: 16632
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- Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
- Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England
Re: Journal 34
Just received journal 34. Now to sit down with a cup of tea and ignore the housework! Thank you Tony.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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- Anita Bensoussane
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Re: Journal 34
Daisy, Daisy,
Lend me your Journal, do!
I'm going crazy -
Mine hasn't yet come through!
I came home to piles of mail -
Just junk which made me wail -
I'm twiddling my thumbs,
I hope it comes
Tomorrow or I'll be blue!
Anita
Lend me your Journal, do!
I'm going crazy -
Mine hasn't yet come through!
I came home to piles of mail -
Just junk which made me wail -
I'm twiddling my thumbs,
I hope it comes
Tomorrow or I'll be blue!
Anita
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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Re: Journal 34
Poor Anita! They were apparently posted by my local post office yesterday, but second class, so I guess it is the luck of the draw when they arrive! If you want something to look at, I have uploaded all the illustrations from the first four Famous Five books on the Book Listing and done some work on Caravan and Kirrin Again. 32 illustrations in each book so it is very time-consuming - over 140 scans so far!
- Anita Bensoussane
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Re: Journal 34
*Pictures Nigel and Tony spitting damson stones across Salisbury.*
Have just looked at the Famous Five illustrations, Tony - it's wonderful to see them!
Anita
Have just looked at the Famous Five illustrations, Tony - it's wonderful to see them!
Anita
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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- Daisy
- Posts: 16632
- Joined: 28 Oct 2006, 22:49
- Favourite book/series: Find-Outers, Adventure series.
- Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England
Re: Journal 34
I like the poem Anita! Hope you have received yours today.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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- Lucky Star
- Posts: 11496
- Joined: 28 May 2006, 12:59
- Favourite book/series: The Valley of Adventure
- Favourite character: Mr Goon
- Location: Surrey, UK
Re: Journal 34
My Journal has just dropped through the letter box. It looks fantastic as always. I shall settle down later with coffee and chocolate and ignore the world for a few hours.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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- Rob Houghton
- Posts: 16029
- Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
- Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
- Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
- Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
Re: Journal 34
Yes! Mine arrived today - looks full of 'goodies' as usual.
Good job it arrived: I was just about to start composing a poem...
Good job it arrived: I was just about to start composing a poem...