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Category Archives: Personal Experiences
What I nearly bought this week…
A blog staple these days seems to be a “haul” post, often by video, showing off the blogger’s latest purchases – mostly of clothes and make-up though I’ve seen supermarket ones and baby things ones as well. Any hauls on this … Continue reading
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Tagged eBay, Holiday Books, Marks and Spencers, Online Shopping, The Five Find-Outers, Virtual Haul
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Reblog: A Postcard From Enid Blyton by Roger Thiedeman
Unfortunately things didn’t work out with our potential blogger this week, but never mind. Instead here’s a post from over at the March House Books Blog which is run by the lovely Barbara. March House Books is an online second-hand book … Continue reading
Noddy in Fuzzy Felt Toyland
As promised I got out my fuzzy felt set and took plenty of pictures for you. On trying to make the suggested pictures I discovered there were actually quite a lot of missing pieces but mostly just the narrow strips … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Toys and Games
Tagged Big Ears, Buster, Fuzzy Felts, Golliwog, Mr Goon, Mr Plod, Noddy, Noddy fuzzy felts
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Why I love re-reading Blyton, by Chris
This site is full of reviews, stories and discussions of all sorts about anything and everything related to Enid Blyton and her writings. What lurks beneath them is the love that I presume everyone involved in this blog – contributors, … Continue reading
2014 birthday and Christmas present round up
As with last year I got spoiled on my birthday and at Christmas and managed to amass a pile of Blyton-themed gifts. Most of these will end up having blogs of their own as I read/listen and review them later … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Jane, Birthday, Christmas, Earrings, Gifts, Presents, Susie Day, The Famous Five
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Bringing Blyton to Life: A Blyton Library Event
On the 12th August 2014 I took charge of a Blyton themed event in the library where I work, for the children. I had a word with the Children’s Librarian a few months ago about running a Blyton themed event, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Kirrin, Clues, Collage, Crafts, Dick Kirrin, Events, George Kirrin, Guess Who, Julian Kirrin, Libraries, Summer, The Famous Five, Timmy, Woodley
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Old Thatch: Come rain, come shine
Ok, I know you’ve already had a Bourne End blog off me for Spring where the weather was delightfully warm and sunny, but bear with me. Last time, I did not visit the beautiful gardens at Old Thatch because they were … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Personal Experiences
Tagged Bourne End, Old Thatch, Rain, Sunshine, Weather
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A Beckenham day out
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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Tagged Beckenham, Enid Blyton Society, The Enid Blyton Day
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A visit to Bourne End and Old Thatch with the Enid Blyton Society Forumites
That title is a bit of a mouthful really, but on Sunday fourteen forumites met up along with seven of their nearest and dearests (some more willingly than others) for lunch and a wander around old Thatch. A good number … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourne End, Enid Blyton Society, Flowers, Nature, Old Thatch, Robin
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Getting children to read classic books – or not!
Originally posted on Wendy's World:
If you wanted to find me as a child, all you had to do was look in the nearest corner and I’d be more than likely sat in it with my nose buried in…
Hunting for Blytons in Hull
I remember reading an article in a newspaper not long ago, can’t quite remember the title, the exact words, or even the newspaper itself, but the article read something like ‘Enid Blyton falls from top 10 children’s books.’ This got … Continue reading
Creative Kid Thursday – Wonder Reader Faith Jackson!
Had a link to this lovely little article sent to us by Faith’s mum, and we thought it so good we just had to share it.
2013 birthday and Christmas present round up
I was lucky enough to receive quite a few Blyton-y presents between my birthday and Christmas this year, so I thought I’d do a wee blog to show off what I got! For my birthday I got the Famous Five … Continue reading
The Magic Gold: An 8-year-old Corinna’s tribute to Enid Blyton
I came across this story recently, after it lying around in storage boxes in various houses over the last couple of decades. I wrote this when I was about 8 years old (early 1990s), at a time when I think … Continue reading
A Blyton-y, Blog-y Bourne End Walk! by Corinna
I was lucky enough to have a recent trip to the UK from New Zealand, and the very first catch-up arranged was with Stef! Having equally well-organised friends is definitely very useful. Since she lives vaguely out that way, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourne End, Marlow, Old Thatch, The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, Written by Corinna
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Bringing Books to University
Having decided that I would take a whole bookcase worth of books with me back to uni, the fact that some Enid Blytons were among them kind of got lost in the shuffle of packing, moving and unpacking. But now that I’m back at … Continue reading
Collecting Blyon’s books by Fred
I’ve always been a bit of a late-comer when it comes to Enid Blyton. I knew of her for most of my life but didn’t start reading her books till most kids grow out of them. But I still vividly … Continue reading
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