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Letters page from Volume 3, issue 5. March 2nd – 15th, 1955

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LETTER PAGE

A letter from Yolande Bristow, B.A.O.R. 15.
Dear Enid Blyton,
I am sending you two postal orders for 15s. 6d. I saved this money in three different countries – in Hong Kong, and in England when we were on leave – and since then in Germany. I have had drops in my eyes and couldn’t see very well, and it made me realise how dreadful it would be not to see anything . at all.
Love from
Yolande (Sunbeam).

(Thank you very much, Yolande. I have never had money sent to me collected in three countries before !)

A letter from Helen Roberton, Adcockvale, Port Elizabeth.
Dear Enid Blyton,
I want to thank you very much for my Magazine Club Badge. When I saw the important-looking envelope I thought it must be for Mummy or Daddy, but when I looked at the name I discovered it was for me. With a thrill I pulled out my badge. I wear it everywhere and everyone admires it.
Much love from
Helen Roberton.

(I am so glad you like your badge, Helen. You did write me a nice letter.)

A letter from Gillian Mason, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough.
Dear Enid Blyton,
I thought I would write to tell you about my young brother, Colin. He pretends to be Noddy. My Grandad is Big-Ears, and Mummy is Mrs. Tubby Bear. I am Tessie Bear, and Daddy is Mr. Plod because he is a policeman. If ever Colin gets into trouble he runs to Big-Ears and tells him all about it. Colin is only four and he has been pretending he is Noddy since he was one.
Love from
Gillian Mason.

(Give your little Noddy my love and tell him I’m glad he has a kind Big-Ears!)

A letter from Jill Dryburgh, Bangor, N. Ireland.
Dear Enid Blyton,
I have read your remarks about snowdrops in your letter, and I am surprised that you have not seen any yet. We have hundreds in our garden which have been in full bloom for the past few weeks. I am enclosing a few Irish snowdrops with my love.
Jill Dryburgh.

(Thank you very much for your snowdrops, Jill, it was kind of you to send them to me!)

Four letters this week – all from girls, so no illustration required to fill the space.

It’s a money-raising letter in first place again. A generous amount of money, even if it’s not as much as those recent huge amounts. But coming from three different countries does make it stand out.

I remember what it was like to be young and excited when post came with my name on it. Sadly as an adult it’s mostly bills or junk! I’d much rather have something sent from a favourite author.

Colin’s game sounds sweet, but poor Mummy having to being called Mrs Tubby Bear. (Mine only had to endure a brief phase of me calling her Madame Mishurely which I think was me trying to say Madame Cholet – from the Wombles.)

And lastly, You’ve got to love Jill for sending snowdrops all the way from Northern Ireland because Blyton hadn’t seen any yet. I wonder what state they arrived in? Perhaps she dried them before posting them.