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Author Archives: pippastef
Third Year at Malory Towers: Audio Adaptation
The third Malory Towers book happens to be one of my favourites, tied with In the Fifth, but re-listning to the audio cassette today made me realize that even though its one of my favourite books, it is not one … Continue reading
Making Blyton’s Food: Treacle tart
So this recipe had to be done in two steps for me, from two different cook books because the book I had for the treacle tart told me I needed short crust pastry. I’ve never made that before, and if … Continue reading
Posted in Food and recipes
Tagged Delia Smith, Making Blyton's Food, National Trust, Treacle Tart
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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go to Demon’s Rocks
Five go to Demons Rocks is one of my favourite books and one of my first books as a child, although it was much later on in my life when I actually read the story. Again I see it as … Continue reading
If you like Blyton: Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Occasionally Fiona and I find books that feel like the Blyton books we so know and love. Modern authors can sometimes channel our beloved authoress and we do our best to find them and bring them to your attention. So … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style: Five on Finniston Farm
Five on Finniston Farm has to be one of my all time favourite adaptations in this TV series. It is possibly because I watched it when I was younger, and had the video on permanent loan from the library (my … Continue reading
A Frosty Morning – A poem by Enid Blyton
Here is a very seasonally accurate poem by the grand woman herself. A Frosty Morning When the sun hangs low in the eastern sky, Caught in the trees that shiver and shy, Red as the robin that flits nearby, Sing … Continue reading
Second Form at Malory Towers: Audio adaptation
Following on from the review I did of the First Term at Malory Towers audio before Christmas I finally caved and brought an downloadable version of The Second Form at Malory Towers because I couldn’t find my cassette tape. Anyway, … Continue reading
What Blyton products we would like to see in 2016
After the joys of Christmas and the new year have left us and that January gloom has set in, let us get back to the consumerism that we’ve all been trying to avoid in the longest pay month in the … Continue reading
Posted in Purchases, Toys and Games
Tagged Adult Colouring Book, DVD, Eileen Soper, Faraway Tree Series, Merchandise, The Famous Five
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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Get into a Fix
This episode is probably one of the furthest from the book you can get. It in the second series and it’s just a shame that the budget perhaps wasn’t big enough to provide the sort of snowy back drop that … Continue reading
Making Blyton’s Food: Miss Dimity’s jam scones
Now I have never read The Secret of Spiggy Holes, but I have taken this from my favourite Blyton inspired cookbook Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer by Jane Brocket. I settled on this one because it didn’t need buttermilk, but … Continue reading
The Enid Blyton Magazine
Sorry for not writing the advertised blog, things got away from me a bit today! Anyway I shall be sharing a quick look at the Enid Blyton magazines I recieved from the same source as Fiona did a while back … Continue reading
Article Review: The Children Who Inspired Enid Blyton’s Famous Five Book covers are revealed
I know I promised you, a review of the audio adaptation of Second Term at Malory Towers, unfortunately I’ve been unable to locate my cassette tape of this one, and at rather the last minute as well. I took drastic … Continue reading
Posted in Blyton in the media
Tagged Armada, Dragon, Illustrators, Malory Towers, Mary Gernat, Painting, Rubbadub Mystery
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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go to Billycock Hill, part 2
I know there has been a break in the flow of my reviews of Five Go to Billycock Hill, for which I apologise, but when the break is made up of those gorgeously gooey macaroons, can you agree with me … Continue reading
Making Blyton’s Food: Fresh and gooey macaroons!
Fresh and gooey macaroons! What Enid Blyton fan doesn’t hanker after macaroons? Whether you’re a Find-Outer or a Famous Fiver, macaroons centre deeply within these books, and are mentioned time and time again and they leave us youngsters wondering; “What … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go to Billycock Hill, part 1
Another two parter from series two, and we’re back to splitting the episodes again because I couldn’t find a block of 50 minutes to watch the two back to back (this week has been crazy busy) but I’ll walk you … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a Secret Trail
Five on a Secret Trail is a hard to find episode, especially on video cassette. A limited number of video tapes were released with this episode in the 1990s from the retailer WHSmith. Thus when the likes of eBay was … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style: Five Have Plenty of Fun
It has been a bit of a week for things not being set in stone. Tuesday night when she was due to write her blog, Fiona’s internet went down and I was supposed to be our Tuesday night but as … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go to Mystery Moor
Time to move away from two parters for a short while, and look now at a 25 minute adaptation of Five Go to Mystery Moor. Mystery Moor is one my favourite books and in fact was the first one I … Continue reading
Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go Down to the Sea, part 1
Five Go Down to the Sea is another two part adventure in the 90s Famous Five listing. A lot of the second series were two parters and not usually for the better but that said, Five Go Down to the … Continue reading
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