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I only wish these dodgy legs would have allowed me to visit/attend every year. 
Good sub woofers, woofers and tweeters, Francis. Probably close to Bose than Fidelity.Francis wrote:What kind of speaker are you, Nigel?!
I suppose it depends on the situation...Francis wrote:I must talk (listen to) with Nigel when we meet up on an Enid Blyton event. The trouble is does one take him literally or does he gently pull our legs?
As a person that has written and published a book on Enid Blyton, the speakers I would have liked to listen to and more so to have met are Imogen Smallwood, and the lates George Greenfield and Gillian Baverstock since all the three knew Enid Blyton, personally.Tony Summerfield wrote:Although it was mentioned in another thread I felt it might interest one or two people if this had a thread of its own and as I guess that I am the only person able to produce this list, I thought I had better do it.
Enid Blyton Day Speakers
1993: Barbara Stoney, Mary Cadogan, Janet Seller, Norman Wright
1994: Gillian Baverstock, Tony Summerfield, Norman Wright
1995: George Greenfield, Michael Rouse, Norman Wright
1996: David Rudd, John Price, Norman Wright
1997: Sheila Ray, Robert Dallas, Gareth Derrick, Grazina Frame, Mary Cadogan
Barbara Stoney, Gary Russell, Tim Quinn, Jemima Rooper, Gillian Baverstock
1998: Robert Tyndall, George Greenfield, Nicholas Reed, Imogen Smallwood, Pam Ally
1999: David Cook, Tony Summerfield, Jenny Schofield, Gary Russell, Norman Wright
2000: Anne Digby, David Rudd, Helen Cresswell, Johnny Hopton
2001: Imogen Smallwood, Sophie Smallwood, Nick James, Val Biro, Darryl Read, David Palmer, Heather Barnes
2002: Gyles Brandreth, Phil Evans, Mike Carrington Wood, Clarissa Cridland
2003: Tim Rice, Eva Rice, Ken Howard, Mary Cadogan
2005: Mark Davidson
2006: Robert Tyndall, Marcus Harris
2007: Nicolette Jones, Duncan McLaren, Marcus Harris, Gary Russell
2008: Pamela Cox, Esra Cafer
2009: Clova McCallum, Lee Morris, Eleanor Moran, Mary Cadogan, Norman Wright,
2010: Sophie Smallwood, Robert Tyndall, Susan Sheridan, Gary Russell, Marcus Harris,
Gail Renard, Julie Davis
2012: Sarah Lawrance, Jon Appleton, Georgina Hargreaves, Pam Ally
I have left out speakers who were on the programme but never appeared and included one or two who weren't on the programme but made it onto stage!
As I understand it, Stephen has never bothered to join the Society or buy any of the superb EBS Journals. Why? I'm sure if he did he'd learn some interesting things about Enid Blyton and her work.
