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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 11

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Fiona

I photographed the pages of the remaining stories with the honest goal of doing some blogging prep while I was away – there was a desk upstairs in the mezzanine “library” but I was too busy going in the hot … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 10

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Fiona

This is part 10 of 12, I said last week there were 5 stories to go but I think it was actually 6 – 5 I have and 1 I don’t. Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 9

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Fiona

Stories 19 and 20 in today’s post, leaving just 5 more! Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories 4 and 5, stories 6 and 7, stories 8 to 10,  stories 11 to 13, stories 14 to 16 … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 8

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Fiona

This series was seeming to drag for a bit, but suddenly I’ve only got ten stories left to do! Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories 4 and 5, stories 6 and 7, stories 8 to … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 7

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Fiona

I am at the half-way point! Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories 4 and 5, stories 6 and 7, stories 8 to 10 and stories 11 to 13. The Smugglers’ Caves Originally published in Sunny … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 6

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Fiona

Nearly half-way through, now. Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories 4 and 5, stories 6 and 7, and stories 8 to 10. The Donkey on the Sands Originally published in Sunny Stories #192 in 1940. … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 5

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Fiona

Here we are, already at story 8 of 26! Previous parts look at story 1, stories 2 and 3, stories 4 and 5, and stories 6 and 7. John’s Hanky It looks like this was originally published under a different … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 4

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Fiona

I would like to say that I am whizzing through these short stories but in reality it’s more of a steady plod. Which is fine! Reading each sentence of every story twice does take up quite a lot of time, … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 3

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Fiona

I have looked at the first three stories so far, and there were quite a lot of changes in the two I was able to compare. Let’s see what the next few stories bring. A Surprise for Jimmy This is … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories then and now, part 2

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Fiona

In part one I briefly looked at At Seaside Cottage – the first story in the Hodder collection of Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories. I’m not sure how many stories I will get through in this post – I suppose it … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories, then and now

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Fiona

In case you missed it, I’ve recently read Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories – the 2015 Hodder collection – to Brodie at bedtimes. This is the first in what will probably be a reasonably long series of posts as I half-review … Continue reading →

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Monday #515

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Fiona

My laptop seems to have recovered from its troubles last week – though I did a hurried backup of all my files just in case – so I’m planning to see how long it will keep going before I have … Continue reading →

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Monday #514

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Fiona

There has been a short gap since my last post as last week another lurgy hit our house (I swear primary schools are an absolute cesspit of germs!) and then this week my laptop encountered the blue screen of death. … Continue reading →

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Monday #513

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Fiona

I have reached the end of my list of ideas that I had at the start of the year, but I managed to come up with enough for this week without too much trouble. I need to get my thinking … Continue reading →

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Monday #512

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Fiona

We are at the very end of January now. February is a short(er) month which I hope flies by much like January has. January round-up and The Faraway Tree on the Nintendo DS We have started reading Enid Blyton’s Holiday … Continue reading →

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