Tag Archives: The Famous Five

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

Monday #270

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Fiona

My laptop is in being repaired at the moment so this week’s posts are reliant on me getting it back in time to write something! Fingers crossed. Philip Mannering’s animals and May roundup I remember a little boy called Dick … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Dick Kirrin, Five on a Treasure Island, June, Monday, Susie, The Famous Five, The Secret Seven | Leave a comment

Blyton’s Funniest Animals

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Fiona

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 | 4 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 | 3 Comments

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

Ripping Things to Do by Jane Brocket

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Fiona

You may recognise the name Jane Brocket, she wrote the recipe book Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer as featured quite a few times when Stef has tested out the Blytonian recipes. I’ve been reading Ripping Things to Do with interest … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews, Other Authors, Toys and Games | Tagged Adventure, Jane Brocket, Ripping Things to Do, The Barney Mysteries, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers, The Secret Seven | 3 Comments

Funniest Scenes from the 90s Famous Five

Posted on April 19, 2018 by pippastef

Especially in the second series of the 90s Famous Five, we had some cracking funny and cringe worthy moments. I thought we would have a look three of the best ones. 3. Uncle Quentin’s sandwiches in Five Run Away Together … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Five Have a Mystery to Solve, Five Run Away Together, Jemima Rooper, Laura Petela, Marco Williamson, Paul Child, The Famous Five | 3 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 | 8 Comments

Famous Five on TV

Posted on March 3, 2018 by pippastef

As we all know, there have been various adaptations of the Famous Five books for the TV and big Saturday afternoon screenings back in the fiftes, but I thought we’d just have a look at the reviews I’ve done over … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, 90s Famous Five TV Series, The Famous Five | 1 Comment

Dissecting the Magic of Blyton’s Famous Five Books by Liam Martin

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Fiona

As I mentioned in my Secrets of Blogging post, this is one of my go-to resources when blogging. I actually got it for free when it came out! WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? The introduction describes it as showing the mechanics … Continue reading →

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Posted in Other Authors | Tagged Blogging, Blogging Resources, Ginger-beer, Liam Martin, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

Another look at people searching for Blyton (#4)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Fiona

This blog idea just keeps on giving – just about every time I look at our search terms I find something funny or interesting (but mostly funny!). The other plus is that these posts are fairly quick to write and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk | Tagged Google, Malory Towers, Search Terms, The Famous Five, The Mystery of the Missing Necklace | 1 Comment

Reblog: Five Go off to Camp by March House Books

Posted on January 26, 2018 by worldofblyton

In a change to the schedule, I thought it was best to bring you something rather than nothing given my no show last week. I’m struggling a lot at the moment to write and read due to work stress and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book reviews | Tagged Five Go Off to Camp, March House Books Blog, Reblogged, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

The future of Blyton on screen?

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Fiona

The news that the Faraway Tree Series adaptation for the big screen has made some progress got me thinking. Blyton wrote so much, so what else could be adapted? WHAT HAS ALREADY COME TO PASS Obviously there are a fair … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged Famous Five on TV, Malory Towers, Noddy, St Clare's, The Adventure Series, The Adventure Series on TV, The Famous Five, The Five Find-Outers | 4 Comments

Blyton’s Winter Reads – A Reblog

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Fiona

It has been about five years since I presented you with the blogs detailing the books that Enid Blyton wrote that could be considered as wintry books. I thought perhaps, as the weather’s taken a turn for the worse, we … Continue reading →

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Posted in Reading Recommendations | Tagged Christmas, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Adventuring Again, In the Fifth at Malory Towers, Seasonal Reads, Shock for the Secret Seven, Snow, The Christmas Book, The Famous Five, The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage, The Mystery of the Strange Bundle, The Rat-a-Tat Mystery, The Secret Seven, The Six Bad Boys, Wintry Reads | 5 Comments

Putting the Famous Five in Order, part 4

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Fiona

And now I have reached the last books to organise – the ones that came after the favourites and the middling ones but not as low as my absolute least favourites. So I am left with Five Go Off to Camp, Five Go … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Five Go Off to Camp, Five Go to Billycock Hill, Five Go to Mystery Moor, Five Have Plenty of Fun, Five on a Secret Trail, Least Favourite Books, The Famous Five | 10 Comments

Putting the Famous Five in Order, part 2

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Fiona

THE TRICKY PART – 18 MORE TITLES As I said at the beginning of my previous post, I had in the past loosely grouped them into ‘most favourites’ ‘middling favourites’ and ‘least favourites’, so perhaps that’s a good place to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Five Get Into a Fix, Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Go Off in a Caravan, Five Go to Demon's Rocks, Five on a Hike Together, Five on a Treasure Island, Five Run Away Together, The Famous Five | 26 Comments

Putting the Famous Five in order

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Fiona

Sorry to anyone who thinks I’m about to skelp Julian for being bossy, or George for her temper. I actually want to do something even harder: put the series in order of most to least favourite. I’ve always had books … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Experiences, Reading Recommendations | Tagged Favourite Books, Five Are Together Again, Five Go to Smuggler's Top, Five Have a Mystery to Solve, Least Favourite Books, The Famous Five | 9 Comments

When people search for Enid Blyton what are they looking for? (#3)

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Fiona

I have found so many funny/strange search terms I’ve had to do a second post. Though now I’m thinking about how those strange terms are now on the blog and we are even more likely to have people find us … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog talk, Poetry | Tagged Enid Blyton, Enid Boyten, Enid Boyton, Google, Malory Towers, Search Terms, The Famous Five | 1 Comment

Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a Treasure Island, part 2

Posted on June 14, 2017 by pippastef

Last week we looked into the first of the 1990s Famous Five episodes and actually it came out quite well in the grand scheme of the episodes. So shall we have a look at how part two shapes up compared … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Five on a Treasure Island, Jemima Rooper, Laura Petela, Marco Williamson, Paul Child, The Famous Five | 2 Comments

Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a Treasure Island, part 1

Posted on June 9, 2017 by pippastef

For me, where it all began For many, Enid Blyton’s books were the beginning of their journey into the world of Blyton’s Famous Five, Secret Seven, Five Find-Outers and Adventure series and, yes, I did read Five Go to Mystery … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blyton on TV | Tagged 90s Famous Five TV Series, Aunt Frances, Christopher Good, Five on a Treasure Island, Jemima Rooper, Laura Petela, Marco Williamson, Mary Waterhouse, Paul Child, The Famous Five | 5 Comments

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