Monthly Archives: April 2013

Another Monday

Posted on April 29, 2013 by pippastef

Monday comes around far too quickly doesn’t it? And we’re so close to the end of April that it doesn’t seem possible. At least we’ve had some much improved and decent weather this week. Such good weather in fact that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk, Nature | Tagged April, Go Ahead Secret Seven, Making Blyton's Food, Monday, Rain, The Secret Seven, Weather | 1 Comment

April Showers – A poem by Enid Blyton

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Fiona

Unfortunately Stef’s piece for this week isn’t ready due to technical issues, so here is a poem I think is just right for this week. “What, take and umbrella on such a fine day!” Cried an elf to his mother, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Poetry | Tagged April, Rain, Weather | 3 Comments

Recovering from illness in Blyton’s books, part 1

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Fiona

We’ve just had a very long and very cold winter, and I think just abut everybody I know succumbed to an illness at some point. This got me thinking about the all the times characters in Blyton books fell ill … Continue reading →

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Posted in Plot Devices | Tagged Flu, Illness, The Adventure Series, The Barney Mysteries, The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, The Famous Five, The Farm Series, The Ring O' Bells Mystery, The River of Adventure | 2 Comments

The Famous Five Go to Hogwarts, Fan Fiction by Abi, chapters 1 & 2

Posted on April 24, 2013 by worldofblyton

CHAPTER ONE: THE LETTERS It was a normal day in Kirrin. Seagulls were squawking and fishermen in boats were out on the water. Kirrin Island looked out silently over the waves as they crashed onto its beach. Julian, Dick and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Fan fiction | Tagged Famous Five Go to Hogwarts, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Magic, The Famous Five, Written by Abi | 8 Comments

Spring into Monday

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Fiona

It would seem that spring has sprung at last! We’ve had some sunshine (and rain, and wind but that’s not important) the birds are out and chirping all day long, the daffodils and crocuses are out and we’re starting to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk, Nature | Tagged April, Birds, Flowers, Flu, Frogs, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Monday, Spring, Tadpoles | 1 Comment

Who’s Who in Enid Blyton by Eva Rice, a (quite critical) review 2: School Stories

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Fiona

As you may remember I was fairly unimpressed with the first section of the book – Adventure Stories. My main issue was how some series had every conceivable character mentioned, while other series barely got two pages, as well as … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors | Tagged Belinda Morris, Carlotta Brown, Eva Rice, Josephine Jones, Lotta, Malory Towers, Mr Galliano's Circus, St Clare's, The Naughtiest Girl, Who's Who in Enid Blyton | 2 Comments

April Flowers

Posted on April 19, 2013 by pippastef

I suspect that this year the flowers may be a little late in blooming, with the cold weather and so many snow flurries so late in the year. So let’s see if you can spot any of these beautiful flowers … Continue reading →

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Posted in Nature | Tagged Enid Blyton's Nature Lover's Book, Flowers | Leave a comment

Find-Outers in Retirement by Julie

Posted on April 17, 2013 by worldofblyton

After reading through the complete Mystery Series for the umpteenth time I suddenly started to wonder what they would all be doing now, at this moment in time. That was in the year 2008. I quickly did some calculations of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Fan fiction | Tagged Bets Hilton, Ern Goon, Fatty, Plagiarism, The Five Find-Outers, Written by Julie | 4 Comments

Musing of a Monday

Posted on April 15, 2013 by pippastef

We’re in the middle of April already, and the blog is approaching its six month birthday. And we’ll be approaching it with over 13,000 views to boot. Last week we had Poppy’s blog on The Mystery of the Missing Necklace, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged April, Enid Blyton Society, Monday | 1 Comment

How every part of my holiday reminded me of Blyton

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Fiona

As I think I’ve mentioned a least a couple of times recently, I was on holiday last week. I didn’t go anywhere exotic, instead I stayed a couple of miles outside a small town (Grantown-on-Spey) in the Cairngorms National Park. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences | Tagged Birds, Castles, Caves, Field-glasses, Ginger-beer, Gnomes, Holidays, Humpty Dumpty and Belinda, Huntly's Cave, Lochs, Ruins, Ruthven Barracks, Scotland, Secret passages, Urquhart Castle, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Julian’s News, chapter 5

Posted on April 12, 2013 by pippastef

Part five of my fan fiction seemed to slowly sink into the depths of the internet with a woeful glugging sound. For those of you who liked the piece, I present you with part six. The other parts can be seen here: Prequel … Continue reading →

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Posted in Fan fiction | Tagged Anne Kirrin, Dick Kirrin, George Kirrin, Julian Kirrin, Julian's News, The Famous Five | 6 Comments

Poppy’s Book of the Month: The Mystery of the Missing Necklace

Posted on April 10, 2013 by worldofblyton

By Poppy Hutchinson Title: The Mystery of the Missing Necklace Series: The Mystery Series Main Characters: Fatty, Larry, Pip, Bets, Daisy & Buster Published: 1945 First Published By: Methuen Rating (Out of 5): 5 Possibly the best and positively my … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Poppy's Book of the Month, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of the Missing Necklace, Written by Poppy | Leave a comment

Monday Musings

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Fiona

Well, it’s Monday again. I hope everyone enjoyed the long Easter weekend, and that the weather was nice where you were (it was beautifully sunny but still a bit chilly for me.) Not long after Stef posted last week’s Monday … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged April, Holidays, Monday | 2 Comments

Stef’s spring reads

Posted on April 7, 2013 by pippastef

I keep waking up in the morning wondering if today will be the day where the weather breaks from winter cold to the tentative glories of spring, so far, no luck. In fact at work I have recently completed a display of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged Easter, Five Get Into Trouble, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Five Have a Wonderful Time, Five on Kirrin Island Again, Malory Towers, Seasonal Reads, Secret Seven Win Through, Spring, The Adventure Series, The Barney Mysteries, The Castle of Adventure, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, The Rilloby Fair Mystery, The Secret Seven, The Spring Book, Third Year at Malory Towers | 1 Comment

The Valley of Adventure

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Fiona

First published in 1947 this is the third book in the series. THE LOCATION The majority of the adventure plays out in Austria, and as the title suggests, in a valley. The valley … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Nazis, The Adventure Series, The Secret Mountain, The Secret of Killimooin, The Valley of Adventure, World War II | 3 Comments

Confessions of a Blyton Fan

Posted on April 3, 2013 by worldofblyton

My name is Corinna, and I’m an Enid Blyton Fan. Sometimes the Enid Blyton Society feels a bit like a support group (in a good way!) for those of us who can’t quite shake the Blyton habit. I wasn’t too … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences | Tagged Confessions, Enid Blyton Society, New Zealand, Written by Corinna | 1 Comment

Bank Holiday Monday

Posted on April 1, 2013 by pippastef

Are we sure that we’ve had Easter this year? Where’s the sun and the flowers? We did? Well that puts me right then. I hope you all had a good Easter weekend and a lot of chocolate eggs to munch on! … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged April, Beckenham, Enid Blyton Society, Enid Blyton Society Journal, Monday | 1 Comment

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