Antiques Roadshow - Enid Blyton's Typewriter
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Antiques Roadshow - Enid Blyton's Typewriter
According to my tv listings mag tomorrow's Antiques Roadshow includes Enid Blyton's typewriter. I don't normally watch it but I might make an exception.
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Thanks for letting us know, Kate Mary.
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Herre's what it says in "What's On TV".
"Tonight the team visits the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, where items of interest include a Faberge jewel commissioned by the Countess of Dudley in 1903 and a typewriter used by writer Enid Blyton"
There is a feature, but, this only mentions the Faberge jewel.
"Tonight the team visits the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, where items of interest include a Faberge jewel commissioned by the Countess of Dudley in 1903 and a typewriter used by writer Enid Blyton"
There is a feature, but, this only mentions the Faberge jewel.
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Yes, the feature has just been on the show. The man with the typewriter said his mother was cook and housekeeper to Enid Blyton and had a few photos of her with the typewriter.
I was under the impression that Seven Stories had the typewriter, but I must have been mistaken.
It was valued at £5K.
I was under the impression that Seven Stories had the typewriter, but I must have been mistaken.
It was valued at £5K.
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Interesting — I would also have thought the typewriter was already owned by a museum or similar. Maybe Tony would know a bit more about it?
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It was quite interesting, apart from the owner of the typewriter saying that Enid passed away in 1971.
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Probably getting confused with the fact that she passed away at the age of 71 — in 1968!
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That was my thought too, Courtenay.
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It's likely that Enid Blyton had more than one typewriter over the years.Julie2owlsdene wrote:I was under the impression that Seven Stories had the typewriter, but I must have been mistaken.
Thanks for letting us know about the programme, Kate. I'll watch it on iPlayer when I've got a bit more time.
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yes - my dad said it was quite a big typewriter (I haven't seen it yet but will look on iplayer) - whereas in The Story of My Life, Enid has a typewriter that looks quite small and more streamlined as was more typical of the 1950's.
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I took the whole thing with a pinch of salt! Shame on the Antiques Roadshow for stating that all Enid's books were typed on that from 1935 onwards - what a load of rubbish. Who were those people and exactly when and how did they come by that typewriter - I can't think of anybody who would have given it to them!!
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No provenance or real facts about how they acquired it - vague reference to 'the daughters'. Seem very keen to sell it...
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I saw the programme and I didn't like the guy who owned the typewriter at all. I'm surprised that the expert didn't pull him up when he got the year of Enid's death wrong. I agree with Tony, I thought it extremely unlikely that Enid would have used only one typewriter for such a vast output of work. I bet he sells it.
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I also recall the expert looking at the photo of Enid in front of quite a small bookcase and saying that "all" the books she'd written were in there. Pity the programme makers don't do some research and correct details like 1971 in a voiceover.
Later in the programme, the story of WW2 pilot Douglas Bader having a replacement pair of legs dropped by aircraft into France (clear passage assured by the German forces). It included a photo of the pilot and crew and anecdotes of the journey.
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