The Enid Blyton Society

Moonraker wrote:Brewing beer. Been at it since 11am and still not finished.

What time is the bar open?

Moonraker wrote:Brewing beer. Been at it since 11am and still not finished.

Mine's a pint.

Chrissie777 wrote:

floragord wrote:I envy your walk round Walden Pond, happy recollections of Thoreau! Reverting to an earlier discussion you may enjoy Frances Parkinson Keyes work, her most famous - and my favourite - of her books is DINNER AT ANTOINE'S which begins at the famous New Orleans restaurant, but she wrote extensively about Lousiana, RIVER ROAD was another great read, and another personal favourite of mine is CRESCENT CARNIVAL which was also titled IF EVER I CEASE TO LOVE, again set in New Orleans, a family saga featuring the famous Carnival.

Floragord, we walked past Antoine's in the French Quarter and I remember it being mentioned on TCM in their Travel Talks documentary on New Orleans from the 1930's.
So far I'm one third done in PhotoScape with working on the New Orleans photos.

That must have been interesting, walking round the French Quarter! Hope the photos are shaping up well, so nice to look back at enjoyable travel pictures and videos!

Chick and I went to see Strangers on a Train at the Brighton Theatre Royal yesterday.



It was absolutely brilliant, especially Chris Harper as Bruno, and we both recommend it highly.

In the above picture, the stars are in the following order, listed with the best known TV roles: Chris Harper - Nathan Curtis (Coronation Street), John Middleton - Ashley Thomas (Emmerdale), Hannah Tointon - Violette Selfridge (Mr Selfridge ) and Jack Ashton - Rev. Tom Hereward (Call the Midwife ).

Sounds good, Eddie! I'm glad you both enjoyed it. I must try to get out to see a few productions in the near future. The last play I saw was 'Humble boy' at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham in 2003! It was excellent & starred Hayley Mills, my first childhood crush...which is probably the real reason I made the effort to go!

Has anyone seen 'The Greatest Showman' at the cinema yet? I've heard its supposed to be very good.

I haven't, but I certainly want to. Zendaya and Zac Efron is a bit too much for my heart though... I mean can any more beauty be concentrated in one place?

I'm glad you enjoyed Strangers on a Train, Eddie.

I'd like to see The Greatest Showman but I'll wait till it's out on DVD. Tony and I quite recently saw Barnum at the Menier Chocolate Factory and thoroughly enjoyed it. The café had displays of articles and photos which had belonged to P. T. Barnum, the theatre was set up to resemble a circus tent and the show was intimate and moving.

Before going to the theatre we spent the morning at the Postal Museum near the Mount Pleasant sorting office in Clerkenwell. The museum itself is interesting, detailing the development of the postal service (there are vehicles, vintage uniforms and postboxes, stamps, stamp artwork, hand-painted envelopes, etc. on display) but the best part is the Mail Train Ride, consisting of a 15-minute ride on a quaint little train which once carried mail through tunnels beneath the streets of London - but which now carries visitors through the same tunnels. It's cramped but is quite an experience. Every so often the train stops and projections on the tunnel walls tell you about the system of tunnels and the jobs people used to do.

Sounds fascinating Anita, although I'm not sure I could cope with 15 minutes in a tunnel.

Rob Houghton wrote:Has anyone seen 'The Greatest Showman' at the cinema yet? I've heard its supposed to be very good.

There were two songs from that film on Elaine Paige On Sunday this afternoon Rob if you'd like to hear something from it. Starts from 1:36:50 in if you want to skip everything else .

I saw The Greatest Showman. You just have to enjoy it for what it is. Almost nothing like the actual life of Barnum (The musical Barnum manages to fairly accurately portray Barnum's life, while still being a great show!)

Anita Bensoussane wrote:I'm glad you enjoyed Strangers on a Train, Eddie.

Thanks, Anita.

I love the sound of the Mail Train Ride. I must check it out when I’m next in London.

Katharine wrote:Sounds fascinating Anita, although I'm not sure I could cope with 15 minutes in a tunnel.

Better not go from Camden Town to Clapham Common on the Northern line, then.

Eddie Muir wrote: I love the sound of the Mail Train Ride. I must check it out when I’m next in London.

Make sure you post a comment, Eddie.

Moonraker wrote:

Eddie Muir wrote:I love the sound of the Mail Train Ride. I must check it out when I’m next in London.

Make sure you post a comment, Eddie.

Meanwhile, what I'm doing now is trying to decide what happens in my latest Famous Five story...or even if it is a Famous Five story in the first place. Maybe it should be about a mail train...