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- 22 Mar 2024, 15:26
- Forum: The Author
- Topic: Thoughts after re-reading A Childhood at Green Hedges
- Replies: 176
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Re: Thoughts after re-reading A Childhood at Green Hedges
I think Enid probably wasn’t the mother Imogen needed & Imogen may later not have been best suited for boarding life. In my opinion & experience, full boarding only truly suits a surprisingly small number. This doesn’t mean Enid was necessarily a bad mother. She was very much of her time &am...
- 25 Jan 2019, 00:46
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: The quest to find 'Bill Smugs'/his surviving relatives
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1442
Re: The quest to find 'Bill Smugs'/his surviving relatives
Pete, thank you for posting the 'which of my characters are real' article, had never seen before and a treat!
Yes, I married Bill Smugs and my job has sprung from my passion for all the Blyton mysteries/adventures I have ever absorbed .
Yes, I married Bill Smugs and my job has sprung from my passion for all the Blyton mysteries/adventures I have ever absorbed .
- 19 Jan 2019, 16:08
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: The quest to find 'Bill Smugs'/his surviving relatives
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1442
Re: The quest to find 'Bill Smugs'/his surviving relatives
Perhaps he was indeed working with the intelligence services! They were around...
- 12 Feb 2014, 02:45
- Forum: The Author
- Topic: When the Thames flooded Old Thatch
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5436
When the Thames flooded Old Thatch
I remember reading in 'A Child at Green Hedges' (I think)? that the River Thames burst its banks and flooded Old Thatch in 1949? I was reminded due to similar flooding know and wondered whether it wasn't as uncommon in the past as some suggest? Or if this was unusual etc? I think I read that water c...
- 23 May 2013, 06:57
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Errors in the books
- Replies: 528
- Views: 47964
Re: Errors in books
Many gentleman born in the early 1900s cultivated a pipe I think it was very fashionable at one point. Certainly I remember my grandfather smoking his pipe every evening - sometimes the yellow smoke filled the room and I could hardly breathe but happy memories nonetheless
- 06 Mar 2013, 09:07
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Anne Barrett - Caterpillar Hall, etc.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6704
Re: Anne Barrett - Caterpillar Hall
Thank you Kate, I think I would be willing to pay handsomely for either copy - I so want to share books like this with my children Why have they not been immortalised? Why do class teachers read Captain Underpants or Horrid Henry when they could be reading Caterpillar Hall...I could go on... :) Off ...
- 01 Feb 2013, 13:04
- Forum: The Author
- Topic: Parents beware: the awful Blyton is back
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7830
Re: Parents beware: the awful Blyton is back
I wish we could like posts as I'd like several here - especially Anita's. As for the vocabulary not being ambitious who could forget 'a fusillade of barks' or something like that. I don't think I've ever seen another writer use 'fusillade' and I am quite widely read. I think if any primary child use...
- 29 Jan 2013, 16:22
- Forum: The Author
- Topic: Enid & family in the 1911 census
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7380
Re: Enid & family in the 1911 census
Fascinating, Bavers. Thanks so much for posting and I don't doubt that many here will be intrigued by this. Very sad though too. No doubt all involved suffered.
- 12 Jan 2013, 11:55
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Brilliant blog on children's books
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1379
Re: Brilliant blog on children's books
I agree, Anita, really interesting.
Re: Imogen
I think Mary is a bit like Ann - a sort of safe, traditional default sort of middle name for the time? It's possible not much thought went into it.
Imogen now is quite popular definitely a top 100 girls name I think.
Imogen now is quite popular definitely a top 100 girls name I think.
- 12 Jan 2013, 11:18
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Brilliant blog on children's books
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1379
Re: Brilliant blog on children's books
When Marnie Was There is a book that makes me cry every time I read it. Not that it's sad just exactly as Anita describes and it pulls at my heartstrings & makes me weep. My daughter was very amused! I am reading The Thorny Paradise - Writers on Writing for Children (while I remember as a bit of...
- 12 Jan 2013, 09:03
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Brilliant blog on children's books
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1379
Re: Brilliant blog on children's books
One of my favourites too, Anita. I would love to try to bring some of these to the attention of children at primary school as books like Marnie are life enriching gems. (I made the comment re: family history on the blog - for me all seemed plausible but perhaps I am a bit blinkered when it comes to ...
- 12 Jan 2013, 01:27
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Brilliant blog on children's books
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1379
Brilliant blog on children's books
This is an outstanding blog highlighting so many forgotten treasures. I have just read Jessamy below, great read. Love the idea of the cupboard and tree being key symbols and facilitators of the magic and time travel. http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.sg/2009/03/jessamy-for-timeslip-tuesday.html&quo...
Re: Imogen
Imogen wasn't widely used I think or particularly in vogue either in the 40s or 50s or in the 70s when I was in school. There was one girl called Imogen in our school and I remember thinking her slightly mysterious and exotic. Of course now it's become much more popular. I wonder too if Enid didn't ...
- 12 Jan 2013, 00:44
- Forum: Other Authors
- Topic: Anne Barrett - Caterpillar Hall, etc.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6704
Anne Barrett - Caterpillar Hall, etc.
Hi - I have been trying to source this book. A lady called Charlotte who has an excellent blog writes charmingly about it. By the way Charlotte's' blog is utterly brilliant and lists some absolutely wonderful children's books so many miss and so many adults wish they had read as children. She also h...