The Enid Blyton Society

If anyone watched grand designs the other week you would of seen a thatched cottage devastated by fire.
I reallly liked this book and really hate that Mr Goon what a suitable name for him!

Life imitating art, it would seem! And what about these incidents:

* underground ruins are found near Stonehenge a few months ago - just like Five on a Secret Trail;
* a huge storm hits England over Christmas-New Year - just like Five Go to Smuggler's Top; and
* a wreck is washed up also around the New Year - similar to Five on a Treasure Island.

I'm sure there are more examples. Who said Blyton was not realistic?

I bet the wreck that the Five found wasn't full of motorbike parts and designer trainers

I like the police being on-the-job while BMW bikes were wheeled off by looters. Very Blyton that is. Similar to the police guarding all those gold ingots on Kirrin Island [ that's where to hide the Kirrin loot instead of the Bank of England - hmmm]

Hi everyone

Life imitates art again with the wreck of the 1641 treasure ship recently discovered off the coast of Cornwall. Unlike the wreck washed up at Christmas with its motorbikes and jogging shoes (see earlier postings), this one’s THE definitive shipwreck. We can now comprehend how the Five must have felt!

Now for our next episode - how about some priceless relics to be found hidden in a desolate European valley …

Hi again

Yet another treasure ship found in the English Channel recently. It seems to be almost an annual occurrence! Continuing confirmation that Five on a Treasure Island is not so fanciful after all!

Yes this one is HMS Victory, lost in a storm in 1744. What historical marvels there must be down there on the seabed.

Hi everyone!

Absolutely astonishing news about the Staffordshire Hoard!

As the above posts in this thread show, on a number of occasions in recent years we have seen reality mirroring Blyton's fiction. And it has happened again!

The Staffordshire Hoard evokes memories of Five on Finniston Farm. Old Grandad would be resting comfortably right now!

What other treasures lie buried in the United Kingdom? Get going with those metal detectors!

booklover wrote:Absolutely astonishing news about the Staffordshire Hoard!

Yes, it really is thrilling news. I'm fascinated by Anglo-Saxon art and history and I await further developments with interest. I've been to see the Sutton Hoo treasure at the British Museum three or four times, and the Staffordshire finds look set to add more to our knowledge and understanding of the period.

Anita

booklover wrote:Life imitating art, it would seem! And what about these incidents:

* underground ruins are found near Stonehenge a few months ago - just like Five on a Secret Trail;
* a huge storm hits England over Christmas-New Year - just like Five Go to Smuggler's Top; and
* a wreck is washed up also around the New Year - similar to Five on a Treasure Island.

I'm sure there are more examples. Who said Blyton was not realistic?

I missed this news first time around.The underground ruins near Stonehenge sound fascinating!

"This radically changes our view of Stonehenge," said Vince Gaffney, head of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project at Birmingham University. "In the past we had this idea that Stonehenge was standing in splendid isolation, but it wasn't … it's absolutely huge."

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pete9012S wrote:I missed this news first time around.The underground ruins near Stonehenge sound fascinating!

That's a great article and something to visit on our next trip to the UK.