Journal 41

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Very interesting indeed. Well-spotted, Shadow!
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Well theres just 7 hours left for these letters and nobody has bid yet. Maybe it was a bit of an optimistic starting price.
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Sadly I failed to win the letters despite putting in a ridiculously high bid, so there won't be a follow up article about Enid Boyten in the next Journal! :cry: Perhaps it has been bought by someone who looks at these forums, but more likely by a private collector who will stash it away and we will never see it again!!
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Sorry to hear that - what a blow! Let's hope the buyer is someone who frequents these forums and will be happy to allow the letters to be used in the Journal.
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What a pity Tony, you couldn't get these letters for the Society archives, they should be published. I hope they will surface again soon.

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Thats a pity. Its the worst thing about private collectors. No matter what it is they collect they inevitably remove things from public view which really should be out in the open. :|
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  Another fine Journal. I still have to read the one Naughtiest Girl book and it will be a good time to try and get it to go along with the articles. Likewise, I haven’t read the Mary Pollock books and so it’s nice to read about them.
  I also enjoyed reading Fred Clampitt’s article in which he recalled distant memories. It's always nice to read a first hand account.
I would never regard "Tally Ho Cottage, The Mystery of" as boring, but interesting to read the article on it.

The letter-writer’s point about the covers being good is a pertinent one as I usually can’t wait to get stuck into the articles and perhaps don’t pay a lot of attention to the excellent covers.
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Those who read the article by Fred Clampitt might be interested to see his letters etc. in the auction catalogue for May 19th at Hall's in Shrewsbury.

I can update this before I post it as Fred Clampitt has just phoned me and he has withdrawn the last three lots to go into a future auction as the pricing of 60 books, many of which were 1st editions, seems to be a bit on the low side! :roll:
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Interesting stuff!
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Just finished reading Enid Blyton's letters to Hilda Rice and I notice that she refers to 'show' as 'shew' - when did 'shew' fall out of favour? I never saw that particular spelling in any of my Blytons. :?
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I don't know exactly when "shew" fell out of favour, but it does seem archaic.
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It was certainly in use in the late 50s/early 60s. I remember a sign at the railway station, stating that "All tickets must be shewn". There was also a sign on buses proclaiming "Spitting Prohibited"!
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