Category Archives: Personal Experiences

Three irreplaceable books by Su

Posted on November 27, 2012 by worldofblyton

Over on the Enid Blyton Society forums, Poppy asked a question about what your top ten books would be to save. I did list ten, but of them all, only three books would be irreplaceable.  You may be thinking that … Continue reading →

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Collecting Blyton

Posted on November 24, 2012 by pippastef

by PippaStef I was inspired by Fiona and Su’s stories of how they came across a longed for book to complete their Enid Blyton collections, and ended up wondering  how you achieve a complete collection of books that don’t cost … Continue reading →

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Green Hedges – The inspiration for my watercolour

Posted on November 19, 2012 by worldofblyton

by Julie Heginbotham To any Enid Blyton fan, Green Hedges, Enid’s home in Beaconsfield from 1938 to 1968 was the most famous address known to them. On all of my 60s hardback dust jackets of the Famous Five by Hodder & Stoughton, … Continue reading →

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Su’s Five Find-Outers and Dog Collection

Posted on November 18, 2012 by worldofblyton

This article was sent to me by Su, a regular on the Enid Blyton Society forums. I recently posted this article about how I completed my Find-Outers collection and at the end asked “Have any of you gone to great lengths … Continue reading →

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Banshee Towers, You Are Mine

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Fiona

Well, it has happened. Much sooner than I’d anticipated; my long wished for copy of The Mystery of Banshee Towers arrived today. “But weren’t you going on about ordering it just the other day?” I hear you ask. Yes, I placed the … Continue reading →

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Enid’s Inspiration: Bourne End in the autumn

Posted on November 17, 2012 by pippastef

Yesterday I went adventuring. Well I say adventuring but I have been to Bourne End before, on several other occasions actually, but always in bright summer and spring sunshine. The visit today was my first time seeing Bourne End in … Continue reading →

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The tale of how I completed my Five Find-Outers collection

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Fiona

Something fantastic happened to me tonight. I have finally acquired ordered a copy of The Mystery of Banshee Towers – the final Five Find-Outers book. I’ve been buying original hardbacks for nearly ten years – I started by filling in the gaps in my Famous … Continue reading →

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