8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
My four Noddy books arrived today - thanks to Sixret spotting them!
I only really wanted two of them, as I have the other two, but still great value. The two I wanted are the two with dust wrappers, so they make a great addition to my Noddy Library - Noddy Goes to School and You're A Good Friend Noddy.
I only really wanted two of them, as I have the other two, but still great value. The two I wanted are the two with dust wrappers, so they make a great addition to my Noddy Library - Noddy Goes to School and You're A Good Friend Noddy.
'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.'
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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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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
You're welcome.
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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
Some more Noddy books going at a good price so far - should anyone be interested!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8-x-Vintage-E ... Sw0ThZpcux
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8-x-Vintage-E ... Sw0ThZpcux
'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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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
Lovely books for anyone who loves Noddy. He's never rocked my boat, and so I don't have any Noddy on my bookshelves.
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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
He's never rocked my boat either, Julie. However, I found a large boxful of Noddy books in excellent condition in a charity shop a few years ago. The asking price was £1 and so I just had to have them. It would have been rude to have left them in the shop at that price!
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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
I thought it was 'floated my boat' - but maybe that's just a Birmingham saying!!
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Long Live Noddy!
'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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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
I'm also familiar with the expression 'floated my boat' being almost a Brummie.
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I'm sure if Noddy was in the boat with Anita, much of the rocking would be deliberate on Anita's part...
'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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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
I've heard both expressions — to rock or to float one's boat — but am not sure where either originated!
Regardless, thanks for this, Rob. I may put in a bid for these — not all of them are in absolutely top condition, but that's certainly a good price if it doesn't go much higher.
Regardless, thanks for this, Rob. I may put in a bid for these — not all of them are in absolutely top condition, but that's certainly a good price if it doesn't go much higher.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
I don't think they mean the same. I understand rocking the boat to mean making things difficult - the possibility of capsizing it, where as float your boat means it pleases you, (or similar!) Maybe I have got it all wrong though.
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Yes - that's what I've always thought...but maybe its a 'Midlands' thing!
'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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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
That's the way I've always heard them used too, Daisy.
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I thought so too — to "rock the boat" is to cause trouble, whereas "whatever floats your boat" is another way of saying "whatever takes your fancy" — but I could be wrong. I don't tend to use either expression myself.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
Tht's exactly how I've been taught it too Daisy . Rocking the boat is making waves or causing problems, floating your boat is doing what works for you or makes you happy.Daisy wrote:I don't think they mean the same. I understand rocking the boat to mean making things difficult - the possibility of capsizing it, where as float your boat means it pleases you, (or similar!) Maybe I have got it all wrong though.
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Re: 8 Noddy books with dust jackets for £4.99
I first encountered the phrase "rock the boat" from Mrs. Jeffries Rocks The Boat, a book from one of my all time favourite series.