Monthly Archives: July 2023

Monday #538

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Fiona

July is almost over already, and unfortunately it has been a bit of a wash-out weather-wise. Good for the river levels, not so good for getting out and doing things. We did some sheltering from rain in libraries this week … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 12

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Fiona

We are at the final part! Despite only being part 12 it feels as if this taken forever. Then again I did start it at the end of March, so it has taken four months which is quite a long … Continue reading →

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Worst of Blyton at the library

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Fiona

Way back in 2016 I had just started working in the library (can’t believe I’ve been there seven years already!) I searched the catalogue to see what we had in the way of Blytons and I compiled a list of … Continue reading →

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Monday #537

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Fiona

It’s Monday night, it’s 11 o’clock, this is Top of the Pops the post I should have written last night and posted this morning. School holidays are still in full swing, we have been visiting the libraries to collect stamps … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 33: From volume 2 issue 21

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 21. October 13th-26th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from Helen Chamberlain, Harborne. Dear Miss Blyton, We hope you will like this booklet we have written for … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 11

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Fiona

I photographed the pages of the remaining stories with the honest goal of doing some blogging prep while I was away – there was a desk upstairs in the mezzanine “library” but I was too busy going in the hot … Continue reading →

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Monday #536

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Fiona

I was away on holiday last week – hence the lack of posting. I saw a LOT of puffins but sadly they were all on mugs, postcards, cushions and so on. I managed to refrain from buying any of them, … Continue reading →

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June 2023 round up

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Fiona

June blessed us with a brief heatwave before endless rainy days, it also brought us the end of the school term. What I have read Quite a bit actually as I have been tending to pick up a book rather … Continue reading →

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Monday #534

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Fiona

Somehow it’s July! June seems to have gone by very fast, and now it’s the school holidays. This week we are going to sign up for the library’s summer reading challenge and we are going to try to visit all … Continue reading →

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