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Letters page from Volume 3, issue 19.
September 14th – 27th, 1955.

OUR

LETTER PAGE

This week’s letters are chosen because they all contain such good ideas. The first one wins my letter-prize.

A letter from Stuart Park, Shirley, Croydon.
Dear Enid Blyton,
I am sending the enclosed 4s. 8d. for your Children’s Home. I collected it by having a “Scooter Rally” with races and so on. I had been thinking for quite a long time how to raise money, and as most of my friends have scooters, I decided to have the rally.
Yours truly,
Stuart Park. (Aged 7)

(Thank you, Stuart. What a very original idea. I wish I had been at the Rally.)

A letter from John Mace, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Dear Enid Blyton,
I am very good at finding four-leaved clovers. I have found 21 this year, and I sold them for a penny each. So here is one and ninepence for your little Blind Children.
Love from
John Mace.

(Well, your four-leaved clovers certainly brought us luck, John. Thank you!)

A letter from Mary George, Spalding, Lincs.
Dear Enid Blyton,
I am sending you £1 I got for the Busy Bees. I spent my pocket-money on seeds for my garden, and grew the flowers, and I have sold them for 2d. a bunch, and all my friends have bought some to help the Busy Bees.
With love from
Mary George.

(Thank you, Mary. Another splendid idea, which must have given you much pleasure.)

A letter from Rosemary Cole, Coventry. Sent to Matron, at our Children’s Home.
Dear Matron,
My twin brother and I have a large collection of Enid Blyton Books, which we let other children read at a penny a week. We hope the enclosed 5s. will help the little children at your Home.
Yours faithfully,
Rosemary Cole.

(You are very kind, Rosemary – thank you! I do feel pleased that my books helped you to raise money.)

An unusual themed set of letters this week, Blyton rarely did this.

Certainly some good fund-raising ideas there.

The scooter rally sounds as if it could have been held today, as scooters are really popular again now. Not that you’d catch me on one!

At risk of sounding like a broken record the four-leaf clover one wouldn’t work for me as I’ve never ever found even one…

I’d possibly fail at the flower one too, as our sunflowers turned out very poorly this year.

I could lend out my books at least! But only to people I would trust to look after them.