General Journal Natter

[pete9012S]

Oooh, that's great news indeed Anita - something to look forward to!
Many thanks indeed.

[Lucky Star]

Great news. It normally arrives about late November if I'm correct.

[Boodi 2]

Excellent news!

[Jack400]

Indeed it is, doubtless it'll include my Society renewal invite too

[John Pickup]

We are all looking forward to receiving it but when the Journal arrives, don't let's forget the time and effort that one man spends in compiling it, editing it and writing out all those addresses.

[pete9012S]

Honk if you agree with John!!

[IceMaiden]

Excellent post, IceMaiden. I am so pleased you managed to find the time to write such an interesting account!

I was off that afternoon and for once had a good deal of time to myself undisturbed. A rare luxury!

[Moonraker]

We are all looking forward to receiving it but when the Journal arrives, don't let's forget the time and effort that one man spends in compiling it, editing it and writing out all those addresses.

Good point, John. It is so easy to take things and/or people for granted. That is a timely reminder to remember all that Tony does for the Society.

[pete9012S]

I'll quickly agree before my 'on topic' reply gets deleted!

[Katharine]

I've been reading some old journals, some of which I've never read before. I had got to number 23 and thought I was missing that copy, but thankfully after checking a second time, I spotted it lurking on my shelves.

As with the other journals, it was full of interesting articles. A couple in particular stood out for various reasons.

Firstly John Henstock's discussion of Enid and other authors and the "Problem of Time". Apart from it being a generally interesting article, he mentioned the 'Lone Pine' series. I know other Forumites enjoy this series, but I've never read any. I spotted a paperback copy of 'Mystery of Witchend' earlier in the week, and as it was £2 I decided I'd 'risk' it. Not sure quite when I'll fit it into my reading list, but it will be good to finally be able to see what other people have been talking about. I think the shop also had other paperbacks in the series, so I may have to go back and see if they are still there if I enjoy this book.

The second article was Tony's "Paperback Writer". Reading this coincided with me starting the last of his Bibliographies. I have a few of the older Enid Blyton paperbacks, but mine mostly date from the late 1970s which the book doesn't cover. I hadn't really appreciated how good some of the covers are from the first paperbacks, and it has made me want to start collected those too! As luck/fate? would have it, in the same bookshop I spotted a 1967 edition of 'Six Cousins' for only £1, so I snapped that up.

The last article that I especially enjoyed was the adult story by Enid "The Man She Trusted". I rather enjoyed it, although I think perhaps Enid was better suited to writing for children. It was an amazing opportunity to be able to read it.

[pete9012S]

Most enjoyable Katharine. Well done with your bargains too.
I love reading old editions of the Journal.
That's all I have at the moment, as I am currently in deepest Wales until I get home and open my Journal on Saturday!

[Anita Bensoussane]

Some good buys, Katharine. I agree that a lot of the older Enid Blyton paperbacks have lovely covers. Whenever you read Malcolm Saville's Mystery at Witchend, let us know what you think.

[Moonraker]

Have you just bought a batch of old Journals, Katharine, or have you just not bothered to read them from new? I'm a tad confused!

[Katharine]

A bit of both. Well not recently bought them, but I have managed to acquire all the unavailable back issues in various batches. I can't remember when my subscription started - possibly about 10 years ago.

I did start to read them, and then either I forgot what number I was up to, or maybe I reached a gap in the collection, so hadn't read any for quite a while. So I've started a re-read. I know each Journal can be read on its own, but sometimes they do refer back to previous issues/articles, so I thought it would be nice to start at the beginning again.

[pete9012S]

A great idea Katharine.

Whenever I go away on holiday I always grab about a dozen random Journals to read while I'm away.
Invariably, I've forgotten reading many of the articles from the first time round and I always enjoy my re-read!