Monthly Archives: August 2023

Letters to Enid part 37: From volume 2 issue 25

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 25. December 8th – 21st, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from Gwendolyn Attoe, Hellesdon, Norwich. Dear Enid Blyton, My brother is only six years old, and … Continue reading →

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Monday #542

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Fiona

Welcome to your weekly dose of me being shocked at the passage of time, and complaining about the weather. It is the end of August already. How? The weather has not improved and now I think we can safely say … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island part 2: Planning to run away

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Fiona

Last time I wrote an entire post about how awful Aunt Harriet and Uncle Henry are. But now on to happier things! Deciding to run away As is often the case in real life a careless, throwaway remark turns into … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 36: From volume 2 issue 24

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 24. November 24th – December 7th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE  1. A letter from Pauline Dove, Pickering, York. Dear Enid Blyton, I am sending the enclosed 5s. … Continue reading →

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Monday #541

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Fiona

Guilty admission of the week – I wrote part one of my Secret Island review having only read about three pages, plus flicking through to check a few details. I will have to get reading this week as I don’t … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island part 1: The evil aunt and uncle

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Fiona

As I have noted before, for an Enid Blyton blogger I don’t actually read as many Enid Blyton books as you might expect. In turn that means that I haven’t review as many as I could. Last week as I … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 35: From volume 2 issue 23

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 23. November 10th – 23rd, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE  1. A letter from Elizabeth Stronach, Delgany, Ireland. Dear Enid Blyton, Here is some money we saved up … Continue reading →

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Monday #540

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Fiona

School goes back tomorrow! The past six weeks have just flown by. Letters to Enid part 34 and The Secret Island It must be fun to live in a house That runs on wheels all the day; And when you’re … Continue reading →

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126 years of Blyton

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Fiona

Enid Blyton was born 126 years ago today! In honour of that I thought I would make a list of 126 great moments from her books. These are in no particular order, in fact I looked up a way to … Continue reading →

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July 2023 round up

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Fiona

July has been fairly miserable weather-wise, we’ve hardly had any days without rain! But we are the intrepid-ish kind, so armed with waterproofs and umbrellas we get out and about anyway. What I have read Not as much as I … Continue reading →

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Monday #539

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Fiona

Brodie turned six at the weekend (where does the time go??) and we have been reading Five on a Treasure Island for the past few bedtimes. He is currently convinced that the Five will find the gold on the wreck … Continue reading →

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Silver and Gold

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Fiona

I treated myself to a new book the other week – Silver and Gold which is a collection of 30 poems. First published in 1925 it was then released again in 1927 in a new edition. I have a slightly … Continue reading →

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Letters to Enid part 34: From volume 2 issue 22

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Fiona

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 22. October 27th – November 9th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from Jennifer Goleby, Eye, Suffolk. Dear Miss Blyton, I am sending you a lavender stick … Continue reading →

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