An Outing to Beckenham on June 15th

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Lovely pictures Anita. Particularly interesting to see the interior of the Baptist church, a room in which Enid must have sat many times. Thanks for posting them.
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Thanks for the comments. I too was particularly interested in the Elm Road Baptist Church and Sunday School room as they had clearly changed very little since Enid's day.
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Thanks for showing the photos, Anita. You obviously have a good eye for a photo and they take me back to
that lovely day.
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Lovely photos, Anita. Elfin Cottage looks lovely. I'm glad you managed to get a picture of the poison bottle. What a great little story that was.

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Now I'm hoping this will work for Non-facebookers as well cause I've spent blooming ages trying to upload these and sort through.

I have decided to give you all the links from the weekend when Fiona came down and we went to all sorts of Blyton-y places. So I'll link the albums invidually so you can choose what you see!

First off: Blyton Close, Bekonscot, and a little bit of Bourne End.

Secondly (and the most relevent): Beckenham Tour

Thirdly: Old Thatch and Bourne End.

I'll post the group picture I took seperately when I get a chance to get on photobucket. Hope you can see them all!

Enjoy!
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Thank you Stef - lovely pictures.
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Great pics Stef, thanks for sharing. :D
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Super photos, Stef. Thanks for sharing them. :D
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Sorry Stef, but I'm not on Facebook and I can't see your photos. :(
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Odd, because Francis said he could.... :|

Oh Bother. I was really hoping that I could go without uploading to Photobucket... Give me a little time Anita!
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Try these Anita (and other non facebookers!)

Day 1: Blyton Close, Bekonscot and Bourne End

Day 2: Beckenham

Day 3: Old Thatch
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Thanks very much indeed, Stef - I can see the photos now! Just going to have a proper look at them!
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Super photos, Stef, especially the ones of Elfin Cottage!
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Thanks Anita!
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I am not quite sure how I got onto Facebook but I seem to be registered - quite frightening really. Mind you I often don't know how things happen! :)
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