Moonraker wrote:I really must take more care. It should have read, That'll take no time in Julie's helicopter. Thought I'd better say that before Domino Dave got upset again!
Julie2owlsdene wrote:I remember the Wentworth Jigsaws depicting the F.F. covers, in Viv's shop, number 6. I have a couple of them myself from Viv.
I also have the Wentworth puzzle of Enid Blyton's portrait from Viv's shop, and of course Viv used to sell my own Wentworth jigsaw of Green Hedges.
I used to love Viv's shop and have lots of purchases including puzzles, cards and fridge magnets including 'Je Suis Golliwogg' and 'Ginger Pop Shop' gollies .
It's very sad ................it will just not be quite the same in Corfe. I always would head straight there from the station and have a good chat with Viv before going in to see the castle.
I think it's sad too. I visited the Ginger Pop Shop on a couple of occasions about five years ago and bought some lovely gifts for my family, but that was before I joined the EBS, so I only had a brief chat with Viv. After getting to know her a bit better through the forums here, I decided I must get back to Dorset some day and see her and her shop again, but it just never worked out. Now it's too late.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
Sad that it's gone. I wonder what Viv is up to these days.
"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
I visited Viv's shop a few times, the last occasion was last July when I was with Julie and Nigel. I bought my granddaughter a golliwog. It's a shame it has closed. Best wishes to Viv.
The shop is an antique/gift shop now. I popped in the other week, and they do sell some Enid Blyton books, (I think the new owner is trying to get on the Dorset connection to Enid band wagon as it were.) There were some S.S. books and some F. F. books, all updated of course and new.
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
I loved Ginger Pop and haunted the shop regularly during our visits to Corfe, there's an attractive hotel just about diag-on-alley opposite the square, and handy for the National Trust shoppe and tearoom too. We're going to a wedding in Wareham soon and I am in two minds whether to nip over to Corfe, it won't be the same without Viv and her lovely Enid Blyton collections .
Yes, I agree, Francis. Despite the loss of the Ginger Pop shop, I'll still visit Corfe & the castle whenever I'm in the area. It's such a wonderful place.
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