I thought you were going to say - in good old Enid Blyton fashion - that she was wearing them all the time, lol!Katharine wrote: A neighbour was telling me recently, that she 'lost' her sunglasses. She'd hunted down the back of the settee, checked at her daughter's house etc., but no lucky. Then about a week later she noticed a bag of coat hangers in the corner, and sure enough, her sunglasses were amongst them!
Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books
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'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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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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http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... t+Seven%3F" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;pete9012S wrote:
WHERE ARE THE SECRET SEVEN? 1956
Australian Weeties Strip Books
Story: Specially Written
Specially for you Pete!
I love the bit on the back page that says many of the stories are entirely new - it depends if you call 'two' many!! Famous Five and Secret Seven are the only new ones.
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Cheers, Tony! These Weeties giveaways look like lovely little booklets and I'm sure youngsters must have been eager to collect as many as possible. 'Where are the Secret Seven?' is quite a simple story but full of atmosphere nevertheless. Hallows Hill is a great name and I love the sound of the mirrored ballroom. What a pity Enid Blyton didn't use that house in a full-length Secret Seven book. It exudes melancholy like Rockingdown Hall (The Rockingdown Mystery) and I'd like to know more about it.
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Smashing to see this booklet. Thanks very much Tony.
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What a fantastic surprise!
Many thanks indeed Tony.I had given up hope of ever seeing these illustrations and the original story.
There was one for sale in the USA but it was way too expensive for me to consider.
Thank you again
Pete
Many thanks indeed Tony.I had given up hope of ever seeing these illustrations and the original story.
There was one for sale in the USA but it was way too expensive for me to consider.
Thank you again
Pete
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Thank you so much, Tony, Famous Five, please.
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Many thanks, Tony.
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Thanks for the link, Tony. An enjoyable little story and something I would have been excited to collect at the time.
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I enjoyed reading that little story.
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I enjoyed it too, although I shivered a bit at the story of the man who fell down the stairs and the dog who barked and barked to try to attract help. Enid doesn't let on how it ended and whether they were rescued, which rather implies that they both died there and that's why the ghost of the barking dog is said to haunt the house...
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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After many years on this forum, I think I have at last learned how to add a picture!!!
As a person who bought weeties to get the Enid Blyton booklet I can confirm that it was very exciting as a child to get these tiny Enid Blyton books from our cereal packet.
I thought some of you may like to see the actual Weeties packet they arrived in, here is the front & back of box:
As a person who bought weeties to get the Enid Blyton booklet I can confirm that it was very exciting as a child to get these tiny Enid Blyton books from our cereal packet.
I thought some of you may like to see the actual Weeties packet they arrived in, here is the front & back of box:
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That's great - thanks, Sue!
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Marvelous! This thread just keeps getting better and better.
Many thanks Sue.
Many thanks Sue.
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These little free give away booklets have certainly shot up in value:First edition: 1956
Publisher: Herald Gravure
Illustrator: Uncredited
Category: Australian Weeties Strip Books
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I thought at first with a character included called Skippy, Enid may have been aiming at the Australian market,but it seems the original story was published in 1943 and the Weeties strip was released much later in 1956.
Anecdotally:
'Could Enid have subliminally influenced the name Skippy on the Australian subconscious back in 1956 ultimately leading to the appearance of the popular Australian 1967 tv series by John McCallum?'
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It's not surprising that the Weeties booklets are expensive as they are very fragile items used by children. Its amazing that any have survived all these years in good condition. Even being in Australia it took me a long time to get them all in good condition for my collection. (I have no idea where my original one's from childhood ended up).
Pete, I can't really see any connection with Enid's Skippy the Pixie and Australia's Skippy the Kangaroo no matter how far I try and stretch my imagination.
cheers
Sue
Pete, I can't really see any connection with Enid's Skippy the Pixie and Australia's Skippy the Kangaroo no matter how far I try and stretch my imagination.
cheers
Sue
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