Journal 50
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But if you put more in then it will attract Blyton fans to it!!
Abi.
Still trialling other writers, but will eventually go back to reading a bit of Blyton! Just too many books...
Occasionally will pop in! xx
Still trialling other writers, but will eventually go back to reading a bit of Blyton! Just too many books...
Occasionally will pop in! xx
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Mine has arrived too - it's a triumph! I just keep holding it and glancing at all the goodies
contained within. What value this magazine is - anyone who hasn't joined please do so as
you will never regret it. Every article looks so enticing I do not know which one I will start with!
contained within. What value this magazine is - anyone who hasn't joined please do so as
you will never regret it. Every article looks so enticing I do not know which one I will start with!
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Mine has arrived. Not opened it yet. Don't want to be distracted from rugby weekend. Very tempted though. Roll on monday.
Wayne, living in an Enid Blyton world.
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Mine arrived today too! I've read a few articles and the rest looks good. I would be willing to pay extra for the journal to keep it going. I'll definitely be resubscribing soon to it as it's worth a lot more that £10 a year. Thanks!
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Ugh, if only I had mine to distract me from the rugby this afternoon!Wayne Pyer wrote:Mine has arrived. Not opened it yet. Don't want to be distracted from rugby weekend. Very tempted though.
"It's the ash! It's falling!" yelled Julian, almost startling Dick out of his wits...
"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
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"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
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Mine has also arrived safely. It looks utterly fantastic. At nearly 100 pages it is easily the biggest and best publication of it's kind I have ever seen. It is bigger than some books! Everything looks superb and I cannot wait to curl up later and begin. Well done Tony, it's a triumph as usual.
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Wow! Another bumper issue to feast on! Great work, Tony!
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As I have said before the Journal is completely made by those who contribute articles, my job is to just try and make them look pretty, the articles that is, not the contributors! What I can claim is that I have posted out every single Journal from issue 1 onwards, for those that like statistics that is just short of 22 thousand (although a few of these may have been handed over). In the early days before my computer is was hard graft as everything had to be handwritten and I would guess that over the past 17 years I have probably written out about 3000 addresses, but heh, Enid probably wrote more than that in a year. Although I have never told people what they are, since I have had my computer every new member has been given a membership number and today someone became No.1970. Before you ask me, Julie, you are member No.1147 and you joined on May 22nd 2007 - I keep very thorough records!
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Tony Summerfield wrote: Although I have never told people what they are, since I have had my computer every new member has been given a membership number and today someone became No.1970. Before you ask me, Julie, you are member No.1147 and you joined on May 22nd 2007 - I keep very thorough records!
You know me only too well, Tony! As I would have been mithering you for my number too!! Pity mine isn't 1970, as that's the year I got married. Being number 1147, I'm going to have to google that year now and see what I can come up with!
Enjoying the Journal so far! Read John Lester's accont of the Two Islands, and David Chambers on Where is Cuckoo Wood, that was really interesting, and when he mentions Oakwood, I suddenly thought that John Hollins was in Oakwood, but double checking he was in Oaktree Wood! Nice one Poppy of Filming at Seven Stories, I would have liked to have heard much more, being the 'nosey parker' that I am.
Fabulous write up by Angela Canning. I haven't read any of the Jeeves and Woosters, but did see the series, and they were almost as described by Angela, the bit about the dog, and the policeman etc!
Loved reading From My Window, by Enid Blyton. How brave she must have been going up an old tower in the dark at Oakwood House. The steps could have crumbled away or she could have slipped anything could have happened. But on she went.
Halfway through reading about David Morton and Julian Kirrin, and will probably finish the rest of the Journal today.
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That's the year I was born.Julie2owlsdene wrote:Pity mine isn't 1970, as that's the year I got married.
Absolutely thrilled to receive Journal 50 in the post yesterday! I'm partway through it and thoroughly enjoying it as always. A really beautiful issue.
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Everyone is making me green with envy. Apart from Fiona, was I the only one who didn't receive his/her copy yesterday?
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I didn't either, but then I live almost as far north as Fiona does, so it's not too surprising. I can't wait.
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Neither did I
Abi.
Still trialling other writers, but will eventually go back to reading a bit of Blyton! Just too many books...
Occasionally will pop in! xx
Still trialling other writers, but will eventually go back to reading a bit of Blyton! Just too many books...
Occasionally will pop in! xx
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It's a tricky one about the money. Have you not thought about writing the journal up online, Tony, in Journal form, so that society members can print it out themselves? You could still charge and it would save a lot of money in postage.
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- Francis
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Hearing that Julie was married in 1970 cheered me up but then I realised that she must have been a child bride! Mind you learning that Anita was born in 1970 depressed me again. I won't tell her when I was born!
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