Barbara Stoney and her Biography of Enid Blyton

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Sorry, I forgot to put n't after has. I've corrected it. :lol:

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Julie2owlsdene wrote:I believe Nigel hasn't read it, nor would want to! :lol: :lol:
As for Barbara's book and Imogen's book, definitely a must read. :)
Thanks, Julie.
I have the Stoney and Imogen's books and will read them. :)
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The whole last page (and a bit) of this thread just gets more and more bizarre. :shock: :lol: :wink:
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I feel as if I have been drinking.....
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I feel like I need one after all that...
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Moonraker wrote:I feel as if I have been drinking.....
So what's new! :lol:
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Are you buying? :wink:
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Shush, Nigel. You'll have John's puffins over here next. :P
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Puffin 1. "Someone called?"
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This is no place for puffins! :x :wink:
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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Where's a predator when you need one....
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Doesn't an omnivore do?
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Provided it's an ornithophagic omnivore. :mrgreen:

(I just made that first word up... it's meant to mean "bird-eating" :wink: )
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I love that word! If it's not a real word, then it should be! :-)
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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The last two pages of this thread is why this group of folks here will always be my favourite people. :lol:
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