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- Rob Houghton
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Funny - I looked through the list twice last night and didn't see the jigsaw - weird! Obviously my mistake!
It worked for me today too, so presumably I just missed it, despite scanning the list twice! lol!
It worked for me today too, so presumably I just missed it, despite scanning the list twice! lol!
'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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- Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 14:25
- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers,Mr.Twiddle,Barney R
- Favourite character: Mr.Twiddle,Fatty,Saucepan,Snubby
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You must have been so sleepy.
- Rob Houghton
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- Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
- Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
- Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
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Regarding the EB booklets, I think I have most of them - especially the earlier ones like 'Letters From Bobs' which now go for around £15 each on eBay!
'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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- Posts: 4130
- Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 14:25
- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers,Mr.Twiddle,Barney R
- Favourite character: Mr.Twiddle,Fatty,Saucepan,Snubby
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*jealous*
Very difficult to get them.
Very difficult to get them.
- Rob Houghton
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- Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
- Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
- Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
- Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
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To me, the 'Letters From Bobs' books are well worth having - some of the best little books I've ever read - amusing, observant, and give a great insight into Enid's life (or at least, the life she wanted us to see!)
'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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- Posts: 4130
- Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 14:25
- Favourite book/series: Five Find-Outers,Mr.Twiddle,Barney R
- Favourite character: Mr.Twiddle,Fatty,Saucepan,Snubby
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I am glad to say that I have Third Series of Letters i.e. Bob Again and the other two are on their way.
- Anita Bensoussane
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- Favourite book/series: Adventure series, Six Cousins books, Six Bad Boys
- Favourite character: Jack Trent, Fatty and Elizabeth Allen
- Location: UK
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I've learnt a lot from the Society booklets and had great fun reading them. It's hard to pick out favourite titles but I'm particularly fond of the "meatier" Birn Brothers books consisting of assorted stories - The Luck of the Laytons, Wendy Wins Through and Tricked on the Track. The tales are fresh and imaginative and contain some quite unexpected episodes.
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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- Posts: 4130
- Joined: 16 Aug 2006, 14:25
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- Favourite character: Mr.Twiddle,Fatty,Saucepan,Snubby
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Thank you, Anita. Sadly I do not have those titles you have mentioned above. I must rectify this situation quickly for I have an intention to buy them but where???
- Rob Houghton
- Posts: 16029
- Joined: 26 Feb 2005, 22:38
- Favourite book/series: Rubadub Mystery, Famous Five and The Find-Outers
- Favourite character: Snubby, Uncle Robert, George, Fatty
- Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham
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The EB Society booklet I prize most is probably 'The Wonderful Adventure' which I'm unlikely to get in any other edition! It's maybe not the best adventure book Enid ever wrote, but it was certainly the first! Mine is the version that was first printed inside the EB Day programme.
'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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- Kate Mary
- Posts: 1934
- Joined: 20 Apr 2007, 06:25
- Favourite book/series: The Treasure Hunters/ Five Find Outers
- Favourite character: Barney
- Location: Kent
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My favourite EB Society booklet is "Letters from Bundle and Cosy and Enid Blyton" that were first published in the Sunday Dispatch 1943 - 1945. They are very amusing and the pictures by Spot are charming.
Another favourite is the uncollected picture strip of The Secret Seven which appeared in the Mickey Mouse Weekly, lots of illustrations by George Brook, it's a super little booklet. It's a shame that the picture strip version of Well Done Secret Seven was never issued as a EB Society publication, I don't suppose it ever will be now as it's uneconomic for Tony to produce any more booklets. A great pity.
Another favourite is the uncollected picture strip of The Secret Seven which appeared in the Mickey Mouse Weekly, lots of illustrations by George Brook, it's a super little booklet. It's a shame that the picture strip version of Well Done Secret Seven was never issued as a EB Society publication, I don't suppose it ever will be now as it's uneconomic for Tony to produce any more booklets. A great pity.
"I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines." Oliver Goldsmith
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True Kate Mary and it's a pity.
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I hope that someone enjoys this as it took me 6 hours to do spread over two days. I have already broken my New Year's Revolution!
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- Wolfgang
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Thank you so much for that, Tony, and it's good to see you could crush the revolt so fast .
Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
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I was only crushing myself, Wolfgang, as I was disappointed at how few people bother to even look at the main website and I thought that I wouldn't bother to add anything new for a while.
- Daisy
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Thanks Tony I have just read it - a very charming little tale indeed. Thank you for your time and trouble.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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