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Author Archives: Fiona
Darrell and Anatoly’s First date: A St Andrews Story
This story is set after the events of The Missing Papers and before New Year’s Dip, First Valentines and Halloween Tricks. It primarily features Darrell Rivers and Anatoly Petrov, who as a couple we call Dartoly. It also has a … Continue reading
Posted in Fan fiction
Tagged A St Andrews Story, Anatoly Petrov, Bill Cunningham, Bill Smugs, Darrell Rivers, David Morton, First Date, Julian Kirrin, Sally Hope, St Andrews
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Monday #353
December 2019 round up and First Date: a St Andrews Story It is likely that the Nature Charts for January will show snowy, frosty days, for as the proverb says, stronger cold comes with the longer days. Keep a list … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Enid Blyton's Book of the Year, January, Monday, Round the Year; Winter, Winter
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2019 birthday and Christmas present round up
First I’ll admit that’s a slightly misleading title as I didn’t actually get any Blytonian presents for my birthday this year – gasp! I did get two Blytonian birthday cards, however. There are a few cards out there based on … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences
Tagged Birthday, Christmas Presents, Gifts, Pepys, Presents
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Enid Blyton at New Year
Happy New Year, everyone! Enid Blyton wrote such a wide range of material that it’s hard to find a subject she hasn’t at least touched on. There are, of course, some topics she gave more attention to than others. New … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal
Tagged Happy New Year, New Year, New Year's Day, New Year's Resolutions, Teachers World
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Monday #351 – Merry Christmas!
Christmas is finally here! This will be the only post this week, as I’m taking the rest of the week off to celebrate and eat too much. (After I’ve cleaned and tidied and wrapped etc!) I’ll be back on Monday … Continue reading
Five Fall Into Adventure part 2
Following on from part one of my review now it’s time to see what happens now that the three plus Jo are hunting for George. Delaying tactics Jo being taken off by Jake means that the other three get lost … Continue reading
Eileen Soper at Christmas
It’s no secret that Eileen Soper is my favourite Blyton illustrator. She is best known for her work on the 21 Famous Five books, both the covers and internal illustrations, but she also illustrated lots of short story collections, a … Continue reading
Monday #350
Last week before Christmas! Eileen Soper at Christmas and Five Fall Into Adventure part 2 There were trees about three feet high, just big enough for a small nursery. Then there were rows of bigger trees, whose branches could take … Continue reading
Letters to Enid 19: From volume 2 issue 7
Previous letters pages can be found here. Letters page from Volume 2, issue 7. March 31st-April 13 1954 OUR LETTER PAGE A letter from Sunbeam Christine Warren, 51 Central Road, Wembley. Dear Enid Blyton, Today I left my big china … Continue reading
Posted in Magazines
Tagged Enid Blyton's Magazine, Letters page, Letters to Enid from volume 2
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Christmas bits from Enid Blyton’s magazines
Continuing the theme, I thought I’d have a nosy in the magazines for more Christmassy things. I’ve included some crafts and stories in some other posts but I have some new magazines to look through, and there are other things … Continue reading
Monday #349
Christmassy bits from Enid Blyton’s Magazine and Letters to Enid 19 Hallo, hallo, here’s Santa Claus, He’s come to see you all because To-morrow’s Christmas Day! So bring the ducks and bears and gollies, Motor-cars and books and dollies, Crackers … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Christmas, December, Monday, Santa Claus, Santa Claus Gets Busy
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An updated round-up of Christmas posts 2019
We’ve done this once before but have written a lot since then – so here’s a new guide to all our Christmassy posts from the past six years. (I had written this ready to go up in December 2018, but … Continue reading
Monday #348
A very rounded week this week. Round up of Christmas posts and November round up “That’s the way I always go into and out of a house.It’s much more exciting than using the door.” Father Christmas extols the virtues of … Continue reading
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Tagged December, Father Christmas, Father Christmas and Belinda, Monday
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Five Fall Into Adventure
This is the ninth book in the series, so I’m almost half-way with my reviews. Just as a random point – I always confuse this title with Five Go Adventuring Again. It doesn’t hep that they are two of the … Continue reading
Decorating for Christmas – the Blyton Way
Christmas today is probably quite different from Christmas back in Blyton’s time. There weren’t any plastic trees for a start (though ones made of feathers or brush bristles had been around a while) and while it’s easy to imagine it … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Seasonal
Tagged Christmas, Christmas Crafts, Christmas decorations, Christmas Tree, Decorations, How To
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Monday #347
Thursday is the 51st anniversary of Enid Blyton’s death. We have done a special post in the past to mark the occasion but I haven’t anything planned this year, as I write something every week that I hope shows the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk
Tagged Brer Rabbit, Christmas, Enid Blyton's Book of the Year, Monday, November, Santa Claus, The Second Holiday Book
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If you like Blyton: The Harveys See it Through by Phyllis Gegan
You might remember the name Phyllis Gegan from my review of A Mystery for Ninepence recently. I bought this one partly because I like the Collin’s Seagull Library spines and partly because I like collecting books by authors I already … Continue reading
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