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Hello Julie,

I stand corrected: "Five have a Puzzling Time" (Chapter 1) on pages 30 and 31 in the new EBS Journal has indeed a different illustrator.
However, on page 32 (George's Hair is too long, chapter 2), page 33 (A Lazy Afternoon, chapter 4), page 34, "Well done Famous Five" (Chapter 5) and "Five and a half-term Adventure" (Chapter 6) plus page 35 "When Timmy chased the Cat" (Chapter 8) are 5 of these 8 FF short stories with Soper illustrations.
Do you mean they did not appear with the short stories originally?
Did you find them in some of the 21 FF books?

I'm still confused to be honest. Sorry. :oops:
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Regarding my previous post: I tried 3 times to correct the smiley into Chapter 8, but when I submit it again, the smiley is still there instead of 8.
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For clarity - the stories first appeared as follows:

A Lazy Afternoon – 1954, Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual 1 - Eileen Soper
George’s Hair is Too Long! – 1955, Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual 2 - Eileen Soper
Five and a Half-Term Adventure – 1956, Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual 3 - Eileen Soper
Well Done, Famous Five! – 1956, Australian Weeties Strip Book - Herald Gravure
When Timmy Chased the Cat! – 1957, Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual 4 - Eileen Soper
Five Have a Puzzing Time 1960, Princess Comics Serial - Eric Parker
Good Old Timmy! – 1961, Princess Gift Book for Girls - illustrator uncredited
Happy Christmas, Five! – 1962, Princess Gift Book for Girls - illustrator uncredited

Hemesh Alles illsutrated the Red Fox paperback.

The illustrations in the journal are the original Soper drawings from the four Magazine Annuals, and are for those four stories. The first pages of Julie's aricle also have two Eric Parker illustrations, but there are none from Gravure or the uncredited illustrator(s) from the Princess gift books.

And the smiley will aways appear when you put an 8 followed by a closing bracket. To avoid it leave a space, "chapter 8 )"
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Fiona1986 wrote: The smiley will aways appear when you put an 8 followed by a closing bracket. To avoid it leave a space, "chapter 8 )"
Fiona, I will try to think of it next time. Thank you.
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Sorry I've been out all day and just read this, Chrissie. Sorry you were confused, but as I wrote the article I did explain where each story came from, and four of them came from Enid Blyton's Magazine Annuals 1 - 4, illustrator Eileen Soper and the others in an Australian comic strip and the others Princess Annuals.

As you say, we all read things and see them differently. I'm sure if anything had been a miss, Tony would have mentioned it to me before it even entered the Journal. And of course Tony kindly put up the illustrations from the various stories. :D

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An awful picture of an awful illustration! :roll:

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Have to agree that illustrator is definately not an Eileen Soper!! The boy or girl near Timmy looks like they're about to give Timmy a good old slap!!!

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Tony Summerfield wrote:An awful picture of an awful illustration! :roll:

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The way the children's knees and arms are bent, they remind me of figures made from pipe-cleaners!
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Much as it pains me to disagree with Tony and Anita but I had that Princess annual for Christmas 1961, I'm rather fond of that illustration.

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I will take a better photo and stick it in the Cave for you, Kate. As much as I hate to admit it I seem to have lost the other Princess Annual! :oops:
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Kate Mary wrote:Much as it pains me to disagree with Tony and Anita but I had that Princess annual for Christmas 1961, I'm rather fond of that illustration.
Yes, and I was thinking that it was better than a Maxey! :D
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Thank you, Tony I didn't mean to make more work for you. The illustrations from childhood be they Soper, Maxey or Princess comic are a powerful bit of nostalgia. I see from the Cave that Happy Christmas Five is to be published in a single volume of 80 pages, but in my Princess annual it is just four pages long, there must be a lot of pictures and large print.
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As you like it so much, Kate, this is specially for you. Not the most flattering illustration of George I would have thought!
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If you want to see the whole thing it is now in the Cave.

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Goodness! The children's faces look quite haunting! I think George and Julian - (the child at the back) have suffered the most from this peculiar style; George looks very evil and Julian just looks just stupid - very childish and immature. Thanks, Tony, however for putting it in the Cave.
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If you think that picture is bad, you should see the first illustration for the FF story in the previous Princess annual. It is not merely unflattering, poor Anne and Dick look positively scarey. Thank you Tony, it all adds to the hoard of treasure in the Cave.

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