Journal 71

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Journal 71

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A nice antidote to Brexit, coronavirus, Syria, refugees, and politics - the latest Enid Blyton Society Journal is 'in the shops' ! :-D

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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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It looks to be another feast of good things. I'm looking forward to receiving it.
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Looks great as always. Can't wait for it to arrive. :D
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Lovely spring-y cover too, so to speak! :D
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Given Tony's forced upgrade from xp to the very different windows 10 I think he deserves a medal for preparing a Journal for us all!!!

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Yes, a great cover from yet another book I was not familiar with - wonder if even Rob owns it!!!
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pete9012S wrote: Yes, a great cover from yet another book I was not familiar with - wonder if even Rob owns it!!!
No I don't, sadly! :lol:
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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pete9012S wrote:Given Tony's forced upgrade from xp to the very different windows 10 I think he deserves a medal for preparing a Journal for us all!!!
Yes, I was wondering how that went and if there would be any big delays with preparing the new Journal — obviously not, so well done, Tony! :D
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As you may recall from a post some weeks back by Tony, he was having problems locating the font Blackletter68 which was for the title on the Journal. A few weeks ago he told me that he had managed to locate, quite by accident, the correct font and that it wasn't the one above, but one called 'Raphael'. I think once he had his new computer up and running, that seemed to be the only thing holding it all up.
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Tony has had to put in a considerable amount of extra work to get this Journal ready but it looks superb! Getting to grips with new ways of doing things isn't easy but it's a quality publication as always. Cheers, Tony!
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Well done, Tony! I’m really looking forward to receiving the latest issue of the Journal. :D
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It certainly looks like another bumper edition! I *may* be making beeline to Anita's look at Five Get Into a Fix when my copy lands..........
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Hope you enjoy it, Nick!
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Anita Bensoussane wrote:Tony has had to put in a considerable amount of extra work to get this Journal ready but it looks superb! Getting to grips with new ways of doing things isn't easy but it's a quality publication as always. Cheers, Tony!
Well done, Tony- again.
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Edit- it seems that it is!
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Great word Jack - Describes the journal well! :D
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My journal has just arrived. Now to put the kettle on and settle down for a pleasant read ... instead of doing what I should have been doing! Well, we must get our priorities right, mustn't we? :lol:
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