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A small puzzle has arrived for Secret Seven Club Members.
Can you unscramble all the acronyms in the above letter?
Even Enid had a little trouble with the first one!
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
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Just got time to try & answer the first one before I rush out....
YAMFA. I thought this would probably be 'You Are My Favourite Author'! I'll try the others when I return home tonight!
YAMFA. I thought this would probably be 'You Are My Favourite Author'! I'll try the others when I return home tonight!
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And we thought creative abbreviations and "text-speak" only really took off in the 21st century!!
I think I might have figured out the others, but I don't want to spoil it for you, Number 6, so I won't jump in yet.
I think I might have figured out the others, but I don't want to spoil it for you, Number 6, so I won't jump in yet.
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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)
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)
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I think I've worked them out too. I find Enid's puzzles quite good fun despite being several years over the target age!
I like the way Enid Blyton seizes the opportunity to prompt children to write to the BBC begging for her stories to be broadcast!
I like the way Enid Blyton seizes the opportunity to prompt children to write to the BBC begging for her stories to be broadcast!
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
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I'm fairly certain I've got the next two. I'm not so sure about the last one.
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- Courtenay
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Never missed a trick, did she?Anita Bensoussane wrote: I like the way Enid Blyton seizes the opportunity to prompt children to write to the BBC begging for her stories to be broadcast!
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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)
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)
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I think I've worked them out too.
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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- pete9012S
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Well done to everyone who unscrambled the letters!
Another little puzzle.
Who drew the above?
What were they used for?
When were they used?
Can anyone show an example of them in use?
Another little puzzle.
Who drew the above?
What were they used for?
When were they used?
Can anyone show an example of them in use?
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- Anita Bensoussane
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No idea, but you've got me intrigued. It looks like a child trying out different combinations of his/her initials. Enid Blyton? Emily Bronte?
Anyone know the answer?
Anyone know the answer?
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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- Courtenay
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Hmmm. Enid occasionally drew her own sketches for her column in Teacher's World and so on... are these different versions of her initials that she used to sign her drawings?
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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)
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)
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So far no one on the facebook page has been able to identify the story or illustrator of the above pic - can you?
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Like the book titles the picture is so generic that it could be any of them.
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- Anita Bensoussane
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The illustrator looks like Burgess Sharrocks. He illustrated the last eight Secret Seven books, including some magazine serialisations.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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- pete9012S
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Thanks Guys.We're starting to narrow it down a bit now!
Isn't it funny,if it was a Famous Five illustration I bet we'd get it very quickly!
Isn't it funny,if it was a Famous Five illustration I bet we'd get it very quickly!
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hi , sorry not to have been around lately but have been under the docs and hospital with a sus[pected mini stroke . the consultant now thinks i didnt have a mini stroke but i have had to have a brain scan and one on my neck . the artery is a bit thick but not as bad as was first thought so am on medication. i have to go back to the hospital at end of may. its been rather scary and still a bit scared.
any more mysteries around? whats other members news?
any more mysteries around? whats other members news?
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