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- 25 Mar 2024, 15:49
- Forum: The Enid Blyton Society Journal
- Topic: Journal 83
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3960
Re: Journal 83
My journal has arrived today. Thank you Tony for another great edition.
- 24 Dec 2023, 17:47
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: :) Happy Birthday Pete
- Replies: 259
- Views: 191265
Re: :) Happy Birthday Pete
Hearing from Pete again is the best Christmas present we on the forum could have. You've been so missed Pete.
- 18 Nov 2023, 11:41
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Enid Blyton books impacting on adults.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4619
Re: Enid Blyton books impacting on adults.
Thanks for sharing that story Michael. I have said before, I think, that reading our childhood books again in more stressful times can be very helpful for our own peace of mind. I find picking up a Faraway Tree book and losing myself once again in its pages is a wonderful escape from the strains and...
- 17 Nov 2023, 14:46
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: English Grammar, Spelling and Vocabulary
- Replies: 2187
- Views: 180655
Re: English Grammar, Spelling and Vocabulary
I was taught the same as Fiona, that it was not necessary to use both a comma and "and" at the end of a list.
- 23 Oct 2023, 17:27
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Richard Osman
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2978
- 20 Oct 2023, 17:21
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Help finding a Famous Five book ... but one not by Blyton
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2632
Re: Help finding a Famous Five book ... but one not by Blyton
That's quite all right John. There was never a problem until "Isla" became a popular name some years ago. I blame Isla StClair from the Generation Game! Very few people had come across the name until she appeared on our screens!
- 20 Oct 2023, 15:06
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Help finding a Famous Five book ... but one not by Blyton
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2632
Re: Help finding a Famous Five book ... but one not by Blyton
Bertie, I don't know if you are a Society member receiving the Journal. There are quite a few Famous Five, Secret Seven, Findouters and Adventure book follow-ons (plus others) written by members of the Society (Isla Cheeseman [aka Daisy] and Rob Houghton to name a couple) available through the main...
- 25 Sep 2023, 10:26
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Richard Osman
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2978
Re: Richard Osman
I have read two books of his and I do agree with Julie. I found them a bit hard going in places, although the idea of where the scenes are set was a bit different and quite original, I thought!
I miss him from Pointless but the recent repeats brought him back for a while!
I miss him from Pointless but the recent repeats brought him back for a while!
- 03 Sep 2023, 22:14
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
- Replies: 8276
- Views: 557079
Re: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
6 Adventure books? There are 8 or did you leave two out? Senior moment John! I did read all 8 - the last 2 have never had the appeal to me which the rest did, but that's no excuse! Katharine. I know what you mean. I got "Five go to Smuggler's Top" on a summer holiday which was spent in a ...
- 03 Sep 2023, 20:19
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
- Replies: 8276
- Views: 557079
Re: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
I'm reading Banshee Towers as the last of a re-read of the whole series of the Find-Outers which I have read so many times since I first came across them over 75 years ago. I didn't read the last few in the series until I was grown up but I have enjoyed the humour in them right from my first introdu...
- 12 Aug 2023, 13:03
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Any News of Pete?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 7429
Re: Famous Five Books - a Quiz
I wondered about PMing Mike, thinking if he had an alert that an email had arrived he might see it. Pete said he was going to Snowdonia for a few days just before his latest post on CRF. Like everyone, I hope he is okay.
- 12 Aug 2023, 12:55
- Forum: enidblytonsociety.co.uk
- Topic: Message Board
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5931
Re: Message Board
A very interesting post and Barney's reply is spot on too. It's hard to imagine oneself into a different time from the one in which we were born... I grew up in the era in which Enid was most prolific and just accepted what life was like. We had no domestics... my mother, like the majority of wives,...
- 21 Jun 2023, 18:07
- Forum: Games
- Topic: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
- Replies: 14498
- Views: 647025
Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When the vet saw Philip's new dog,
He decided to start a new blog,
Called 'A tale of two tails',
When he visited Wales,
He decided to start a new blog,
Called 'A tale of two tails',
When he visited Wales,
- 09 Jun 2023, 10:26
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Beatrix Potter
- Replies: 138
- Views: 17963
Re: Beatrix Potter
My introduction to animal stories were those of Little Grey Rabbit and I had a few of these books by Alison Uttley. Somehow Beatrix Potter escaped me!
- 06 Jun 2023, 12:04
- Forum: Miscellaneous Blyton
- Topic: ChatGPT and Enid Blyton
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4045
Re: ChatGPT and Enid Blyton
That is all very interesting. Anyone keen to have a weekly serial written by ChatGBT? From what I see so far, the chapters would be rather short!