Journal 41
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all this talk about the enid blyton society journal is making me feel jealous! i haven't got mine yet hope it will come soon though, i'm looking forward to reading it
Leila.
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I hate to tell you this Leila, but Debbie's subscription ran out with Journal 40 and she never renewed, that's why you haven't had a Journal!
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Hi Tony
Leila's big sister Debbie here
I'm very sorry, it slipped my mind to renew the subscription, I wasn't sure when it was next due.
But Leila is pleased to know that it's been renewed, and she's really looking forward to her next journal!
Looking forward to the Enid Blyton day in May
Debs
Leila's big sister Debbie here
I'm very sorry, it slipped my mind to renew the subscription, I wasn't sure when it was next due.
But Leila is pleased to know that it's been renewed, and she's really looking forward to her next journal!
Looking forward to the Enid Blyton day in May
Debs
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I am just off to the post office with it!
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Thats's great, thanks very much Tony
Leila (and me) are really really pleased!!
Can't wait to get it
Debs
Leila (and me) are really really pleased!!
Can't wait to get it
Debs
Re: Journal 41
I have belatedly got around to reading my copy of Journal 41, my shifts are such that finding time for a relaxing read is very difficult indeed.
I will not add to what everyone else has already said, other than to say that once again we have a bumper Journal that is absolutely packed end to end with interesting content. Thank you once again Tony.
For me the articles are an introduction to Enid Blyton books that I have yet to read or last read during childhood and all but forgotten until now. For example, David Cook's Five Find-Outers and Dog,(Part 10) a series that I am slowly but surely collecting as 1st editions (or as near as!) pending a time when I can get around to reading in chronological order.
Anita Bensoussane's The Naughtiest Girl (Part 1) reminded me of hot summer days lying on a newly mown primary school field during lunch break, reading this book which I somehow "obtained" from my younger sister. Naturally though, I was discreet about reading a Blyton in public, my mates would have crucified me for reading a boarding school story!
Now, if I may join the fray over Mrs Newton's letter. Was it really so wrong of Anita to express enthusiasm for a modern comic strip adaptation of the original books? I am the first one to grumble at the updated text in modern editions of Blyton books, but surely other formats such as film, television and of course comic strips can be allowed a little poetic licence? It must be remembered that any adaptation of Enid's work inevitably leads to curiousity and eventual reading of the original books themselves. This can only be a very good thing indeed!
I will not add to what everyone else has already said, other than to say that once again we have a bumper Journal that is absolutely packed end to end with interesting content. Thank you once again Tony.
For me the articles are an introduction to Enid Blyton books that I have yet to read or last read during childhood and all but forgotten until now. For example, David Cook's Five Find-Outers and Dog,(Part 10) a series that I am slowly but surely collecting as 1st editions (or as near as!) pending a time when I can get around to reading in chronological order.
Anita Bensoussane's The Naughtiest Girl (Part 1) reminded me of hot summer days lying on a newly mown primary school field during lunch break, reading this book which I somehow "obtained" from my younger sister. Naturally though, I was discreet about reading a Blyton in public, my mates would have crucified me for reading a boarding school story!
Now, if I may join the fray over Mrs Newton's letter. Was it really so wrong of Anita to express enthusiasm for a modern comic strip adaptation of the original books? I am the first one to grumble at the updated text in modern editions of Blyton books, but surely other formats such as film, television and of course comic strips can be allowed a little poetic licence? It must be remembered that any adaptation of Enid's work inevitably leads to curiousity and eventual reading of the original books themselves. This can only be a very good thing indeed!
No! Please Moonraker, is not the forthcoming Famous Five Dick-Jo battle renactment between Gary Russell and Julie Davis sufficient violence for one day?Moonraker wrote:Maybe our friend, Mrs Newton, could expand further on her views at the forthcoming Society Day?
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You're quite right, Petermax. Of course, there is also the possibility that Stephen may come over to talk to us about his new book, TFF:APA.Petermax wrote:No! Please Moonraker, is not the forthcoming Famous Five Dick-Jo battle renactment between Gary Russell and Julie Davis sufficient violence for one day?Moonraker wrote:Maybe our friend, Mrs Newton, could expand further on her views at the forthcoming Society Day?
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In that case it might be wise to install a metal detector at the entrance... we wouldn't want a death marring the day now would we?Moonraker wrote: Of course, there is also the possibility that Stephen may come over to talk to us about his new book, TFF:APA.
"It's the ash! It's falling!" yelled Julian, almost startling Dick out of his wits...
"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
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"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.
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Re: Journal 41
You'd be better off making a weekend more than a day if that happens.
Wayne, living in an Enid Blyton world.
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Wayne Pyer wrote:You'd be better off making a weekend more than a day if that happens.
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...is that your average EB Day audience??!Moonraker wrote:Wayne Pyer wrote:You'd be better off making a weekend more than a day if that happens.
'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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You have to admit that the majority of the people who attend are adults!
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Yeah and thats the forumites in the front row. Incidentally does anyone else think the woman in the furry collared coat looks a bit like Enid Blyton?Robert Houghton wrote: ...is that your average EB Day audience??!
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You're right, Lucky Star But it's not Enid Blyton. I know because I'm sitting next to that woman. I'm the one with the black hat