Author Archives: Fiona

The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 4

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Fiona

This week we start on chapter ten of The Secret Island, and continue until chapter thirteen. The original text I’m using is from the sixth impression from October 1949 and the updated text is from an Award paperback from 2009. There weren’t … Continue reading →

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Last Monday in August

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Fiona

So this year is racing by, and we are reaching the end of August and the beginning of September. Summer seems to be leaving us behind very quickly. This week we have a new contributor, Ellie who is examining the … Continue reading →

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Five Go off to Camp: An exciting dramatised adventure

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Fiona

I’m anticipating this will be very nostalgic for me as this is the story I had on tape as a child. My sister and I had a burgundy tape/radio player which sat near the bottom of the bookcase behind the … Continue reading →

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Monday

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Fiona

This week we will be putting up the latest chapter of Cathy’s Barney Mysteries fan fiction, and I will be looking at, or rather listening to, the audio dramatisation of Five Go Off to Camp as I’ve just bought it … Continue reading →

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Fairy Seeds – A poem by Enid Blyton

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Fiona

One day I bought from an elf A packet of Teddy-Bear seeds, They were just like little brown beads, And I planted them all myself. The sun shone down from the sky And made the little seeds grow; They all … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 3

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Fiona

So we are on to chapters six to nine of The Secret Island. The earlier chapters can be seen here and here. The original text I’m using is from the sixth impression from October 1949 and the updated text is from … Continue reading →

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Monday Monday

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Fiona

So this week, I’m off on holiday again, Scotland once more but Edinburgh this time to take part in some of the Edinburgh Festivals delights with a friend of mine from school, so its another busy week. However before I … Continue reading →

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Comic Strip Presents… Five Go Mad on Mescalin – A Review

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Fiona

This is the third and final episode of the Comic Strip Presents Famous Five episodes that I’ll review, though it was the second to be made and aired. I started with the most recent one (Five Go to Rehab) and … Continue reading →

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Monday afternoon is still Monday

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Fiona

Oops. So I forgot about the Monday post, again. This is becoming a habit. At least this one didn’t become a Tuesday post though. This week we’ll be putting up the latest chapter of Poppy’s Adventure series fic – The … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 2

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Fiona

Right, so on to chapters three to five of The Secret Island. The previous chapters can be seen here. The original text I’m using is from the sixth impression from October 1949 and the updated text is from an Award … Continue reading →

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Back to Work Monday

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Fiona

As you well know, I was visiting Fiona up in Dundee this week, and we had a very nice, sunny, busy time. So apart from failing to blog yesterday, because the train was late, we’ve been pretty good in blogging. We’ve … Continue reading →

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A Beckenham day out

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Fiona

Stef had a three hour delay on the train heading home yesterday so she wasn’t able to finish her St Clare’s review. So while checking to see what we had in the drafts I stumbled across this. The day out was … Continue reading →

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My seventh Noddy book: Do Look Out Noddy!

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Fiona

My seventh Noddy book is Do Look Out Noddy!, number fifteen in the series. I should have reviewed this last time but I accidentally took the wrong one away on holiday with me a few weeks ago. This is the … Continue reading →

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Monday

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Fiona

We’ll hopefully be heading for the beach by the time you’re reading this (assuming the weather sticks to the forecast). The latest chapter of Cathy’s Barney Mystery fic will go up on Wednesday, then I plan to review another Noddy … Continue reading →

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The Secret Island – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition?

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Fiona

As promised here I am starting a new text comparison, this time of the first book in the Secret Series, The Secret Island. My original copy is a sixth impression from October 1949 (and has an inscription in the front from … Continue reading →

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Monday

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Fiona

So it’s another week, and the weather seems to be up to all sorts of tricks at the moment. It’s been awfully muggy today but now it seems to have cooled down a bit. Anyway, we’re back on track with … Continue reading →

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Comic Strip Presents… Five Go Mad in Dorset – A Review

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Fiona

I recently discovered that 4 on Demand has all the episodes of the Comic Strip Presents show available to watch, and found myself watching Five Go Mad in Dorset. It was the very first episode of the show made and was … Continue reading →

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Tuesday is the new Monday

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Fiona

It’s my belief that Tuesday is the new Monday. This could be ascribed to the fact that I forgot to write a Monday post this week until it was too late (ie late Monday afternoon) or it could just be … Continue reading →

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My sixth Noddy book: Noddy Goes to Sea

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Fiona

My sixth Noddy book should have been #15, Do Look Out, Noddy! which is the next in the series actually, and the one which was mentioned in the Monday post. However, me being the eejit that I am, I grabbed the … Continue reading →

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Last Monday in June

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Fiona

We’re half way through the year! I swear that time starts off slowly when you’re a child, because those two weeks at Christmas and six weeks off school in the holidays seem endless, they really do, but then as you … Continue reading →

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