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Five Go to Smuggler’s Top part 3: a focus on Uncle Quentin

Posted on January 23, 2019 by fiona

Unlike the 70s TV series in the books Uncle Quentin doesn’t turn up at the end of every adventure (only a slight exaggeration) to resolve everything. Normally he is to be found skulking around Kirrin Cottage slamming doors and shouting when other people are noisy. I have reviewed … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Five Go to Smuggler's Top, The Famous Five, Uncle Quentin | 1 Comment

What would Enid Blyton’s characters be unwrapping for their Christmas?

Posted on December 19, 2018 by fiona

When I wrote my Enid Blyton Gift Guide I started wondering what the children in her books would be unwrapping on Christmas day. It was a very different world in the 1940s, 50s and 60s especially in the idyllic bubble … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Christmas, Christmas Presents, Gifts, The Adventure Series, The Enchanted Wood, The Famous Five, The Secret Series | 2 Comments

Jack Arnold, part 2

Posted on November 14, 2018 by fiona

Previously I looked at Jack’s origins and all his clever ideas for running away. Jack the captain Being the oldest and most responsible Jack is quickly declared captain of the little group. The children obey him without question and, in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Jack Arnold, The Secret Island, The Secret Mountain, The Secret of Killimooin, The Secret of Moon Castle, The Secret of Spiggy Holes, The Secret Series | 1 Comment

Jack Arnold

Posted on November 7, 2018 by fiona

I had initially intended to just feature Jack Arnold as my character of the week a few Mondays ago (and in fact I did) but I wrote so much for what should have been a 2-3 hundred word paragraph that I realised … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Jack Arnold, The Secret Island, The Secret Series | 2 Comments

Miss Grayling’s Girls 5 – the successes

Posted on October 17, 2018 by fiona

So far I have introduced Miss Grayling and the role she plays at Malory Towers, looked at some failures, experiments and girls who almost messed up their schooling. Now I’m going to have a look at the girls who can … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Belinda Morris, Bill Robinson, Clarissa Carter, Darrell Rivers, Irene, Malory Towers, Mary-Lou, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls, Sally Hope, Wilhelmina Robinson | Leave a comment

Miss Grayling’s Girls 4 – the ones who almost messed it up

Posted on October 3, 2018 by fiona

Not every girl fits neatly into ‘success’ or ‘failure’. Some are distinctly one or the other by the end, some change back and forth through the years and some are a grey area all the way through. Some of these … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Alicia Johns, Connie and Ruth, Connie Batten, Jo Jones, June Johns, Malory Towers, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls, Ruth Batten | Leave a comment

Miss Grayling’s Girls 3 – the experiments

Posted on September 22, 2018 by fiona

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Daphne Millicent Turner, Malory Towers, Maureen Little, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls, Zerelda Brass | Leave a comment

Miss Grayling’s Girls 2 – the failures

Posted on August 22, 2018 by fiona

As I said in my previous post not every girl at Malory Towers is a success, though there have only been two real failures. GWENDOLINE MARY LACY Gwen is Malory Towers longest-lasting non-success and unfortunately she doesnt turn things around before … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Gwendoline Mary Lacey, Jo Jones, Malory Towers, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls | 3 Comments

Miss Grayling’s Girls – an introduction

Posted on July 25, 2018 by fiona

Miss Greyling is the headmistress at Malory Towers. She is ultimately responsible for all the girls at her school, down to accepting their applications to be pupils and expelling them if they cannot be kept on. She is quiet, dignified … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Darrell Rivers, First Term at Malory Towers, Last Term at Malory Towers, Malory Towers, Miss Grayling, Miss Grayling's Girls | 10 Comments

Philip Mannering’s animals – an essential A-Z guide

Posted on June 20, 2018 by fiona

Philip has a magic way with animals and can tame just about anything to want to live in his pockets. He never keeps anything as banal as a cat or dog, but it would not be unusual to see a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Animals, Kiki, Pets, The Adventure Series, The Castle of Adventure, The Circus of Adventure, The Island of Adventure, The Mountain of Adventure, The River of Adventure, The Sea of Adventure, The Ship of Adventure | 1 Comment

Blyton’s Fathers

Posted on June 13, 2018 by fiona

A while back I wrote a post about Blyton’s mothers and then I had a sudden thought – what about Blyton’s fathers? Given that it’s Father’s Day this Sunday, it seemed like a good time to write about them. Her … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Bill Cunningham, Bill Smugs, Dads, Father's Day, Fathers, Malory Towers, Mr Longfield, The Adventure Series, The Barney Mysteries, The Famous Five, The Secret Series, The Six Cousins, Uncle Quentin | Leave a comment

Blyton’s Funniest Animals

Posted on May 27, 2018 by pippastef

Now we all know that Enid Blyton wrote about a lot of animals, in fact almost every story she wrote had an animal of some kind in it. The great thing about her books is that she made every kind … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Animals, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Kiki, Loony, Pongo, The Adventure Series, The Barney Mysteries, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

A completely un-confusing guide to names in Blyton’s books, part 2

Posted on May 23, 2018 by fiona

Last time we clarified which Jack, or indeed Jock, was which, we covered the difference between Morgan, Dai and Llewellyn and Morgan, Dai and Llewellyn, and we made sure we knew our great-grandad from our old grandads. Now for some … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Anne Kirrin, Aunt Fanny, Dick Kirrin, Dirty Dick, Elizabeth Allen, Faraway Tree Series, George Kirrin, Janet, Julian Kirrin, Malory Towers, Peter, Quentin Blake, St Clare's, Susan, The Caravan Family, The Famous Five, The Naughtiest Girl, The Secret Series, The Secret Seven | Leave a comment

A completely un-confusing guide to names in Blyton’s books

Posted on May 16, 2018 by fiona

Enid Blyton must have come up with thousands of characters in her years of writing. Some of them are instantly memorable from their name alone. Zerelda? That can only be Zerelda Brass, the American girl from Third Year at Malory … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Faraway Tree Series, Jack Arnold, Jack Longfield, Jack Trent, Jake, Jo Jones, Jo-Jo, Jock, Malory Towers, Names, The Adventure Series, The Barney Mysteries, The Famous Five, The Secret Series, The Secret Seven, The Six Cousins | 6 Comments

Blyton’s bothersome bests: Those I love to hate

Posted on April 6, 2018 by pippastef

It was really hard to come up with a blog this time around, I must admit I am really struggling at the moment, so it was actually Fiona who had the idea for this blog, for which I am grateful … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Fatty, Gwendoline Mary Lacey, Malory Towers, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, Uncle Quentin | 4 Comments

Blyton’s Mothers

Posted on March 14, 2018 by fiona

Before anyone gets confused – Enid Blyton did only have one mother, Theresa Blyton, née Harrison. She didn’t get on very well with her mother and in fact cut all contact as an adult, and many criticise her own skills … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Aunt Allie, Aunt Fanny, Linnie Longford, Malory Towers, Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday, Mothers, Mrs Lacey, Mrs Mannering, Rose Longford, Six Cousins, The Adventure Series | 2 Comments

My Three Least Favourite Characters

Posted on March 24, 2017 by fiona

Looking for something to write about this week I browsed older posts and spotted Stef’s post about her least favourite characters, and I decided that would be a fine thing for me to write about too. I didn’t have any ideas … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Gwendoline Mary Lacey, Least Favourite Characters, Malory Towers, Mr Goon, Rose Longfield, Six Cousins, The Five Find-Outers | 2 Comments

Those Dreadful Children: who was really the most dreadful? continued

Posted on March 1, 2017 by fiona

I’m back with another very long blog to try to answer the question I set myself! (Previous part here.) THINGS I DIDN’T REALLY CONSIDER AS A CHILD As a child I think I glossed over a lot of the Carletons’ … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Behaviour, House-at-the-Corner, Parenting, Six Cousins, Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm, The Family at Red-Roofs, Those Dreadful Children | 1 Comment

Those Dreadful Children: who was really the most dreadful?

Posted on February 17, 2017 by fiona

Those Dreadful Children has long been one of my favourite Enid Blyton books. I had an Armada paperback when I was a child and I read it many times. I was quite firm in my belief that the Taggertys were … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Behaviour, Parenting, Those Dreadful Children | 4 Comments

My Three Least Favourite Characters

Posted on November 25, 2016 by pippastef

Overall, I don’t think we consciously give much thought to our least favourite characters, instead we focus on the ones we do love and enjoy, which is fair enough. However the other week, when I was telling you about the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Characters | Tagged Alicia Johns, Fatty, Five Go Down to the Sea, Frederick Algernon Trotteville, Malory Towers, The Five Find-Outers, Yan | 7 Comments

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