I agree that adding an explanatory note at the front of the book is sensible, Daisy, rather than altering the text.
burlingtonbertram wrote:It's very odd but as a younger reader, I always felt the Secret Seven lived in a more urban town but on re-reading them, they clearly don't. Janet's father is a farmer with fields and a wood. They have a Hedger and Ditchman helping out. Strange how you can get the wrong impression entirely, isn't it?
A more urban area features in some of the books, with canals, alleyways, warehouses, yards and a seedy café.
burlingtonbertram wrote:This was an era when children could organise their own bonfire and buy fireworks. Not a single mention of risk assessment or proof of age! Oh, and that's not to mention having an oil lamp in their shed.
I remember you had problems trying to get a copy of
Good Work, Secret Seven, BurlingtonBertram, but in that book the children use a lighted candle stuck in a bottle to look through their fireworks in a wooden summerhouse!