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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Famous Five – The Graphic Novels

This was going to be a review of a single graphic novel, but I started explaining about the two that were published in English, and found there were more in French, not to mention the German translations… So the review … Continue reading

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Letters to Enid part 32: From volume 2 issue 20

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from volume 2, issue 20. September 29th – October 12th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Beverley Cooper, 39 Elwood Street, Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dear Enid Blyton, I enjoy … Continue reading

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Monday #533

It doesn’t happen all that often but there is Enid Blyton related news this week! The BBC have announced a new Famous Five adaptation which, apparently, is already being filmed! There will be 3 90 minute episodes and it will … Continue reading

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 10

This is part 10 of 12, I said last week there were 5 stories to go but I think it was actually 6 – 5 I have and 1 I don’t. Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories … Continue reading

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Letters to Enid part 31: From volume 2 issue 19

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 19. September 15th – 28th, 1954 OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from Alan Lewis, Belfast, N.I. Dear Enid Blyton, About a week after I received my lovely … Continue reading

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Monday #532

After a week of glorious sunshine today we’ve had a lot of much-needed rain and some thunderstorms – a natural consequence of all the heat. Letters to Enid 31 and Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 10 I … Continue reading

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 9

Stories 19 and 20 in today’s post, leaving just 5 more! Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories 4 and 5, stories 6 and 7, stories 8 to 10,  stories 11 to 13, stories 14 to 16 … Continue reading

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Letters to Enid part 30: From volume 2 issue 18

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 18. September 1st – 14th, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from Pat Hemming, R.A.F. Station, St. Athan. Dear Enid Blyton, Last year in the summer a … Continue reading

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Monday #531

We are experiencing a bit of a heatwave in Scotland this week – that’ll teach me to complain about cold weather! Where I am it has also coincided with a major bus strike, so Sunday service on every route and … Continue reading

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May 2023 round up

May is upon us, but spring seems to be dragging its heels. It feels like it’s getting colder instead of warmer… – I wrote that earlier in May when I drafted this post, but at least by the end we’d … Continue reading

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Letters to Enid part 29: From volume 2 issue 17

Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 17. August 18th-31st, 1954. OUR LETTER PAGE  A letter from John Scott, Lowestoft.   Dear Enid Blyton, In the story “The Children at Green Meadows,” I read … Continue reading

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Monday #530

We have just slipped into June and Stef has headed home now, but we had a great week together. The sun shone (mostly) and we made it to five different beaches and almost as many cafes. We also made a … Continue reading

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