Tag Archives: The O’Sullivan Twins

My top five St Clare’s villainesses by Chris

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Fiona

I suppose the St Clare’s books were mainly aimed at girls, and I probably wouldn’t have read them as a child had I not had five sisters, four of them older than me, and so I inherited their copies. For … Continue reading →

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Blyton on birthdays

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Fiona

As it would have been Enid Blyton’s one hundred and twenty-second birthday on Sunday, I thought I’d do a post looking at birthdays in her books. Birthday books The Exciting Birthday Published in 1927, The Exciting Birthday is all about … Continue reading →

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Monday #323

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Fiona

Letters to Enid volume 6 and Five Go Off to Camp part 2 Noddy and the Tootles is the penultimate book in the series of 24 books about Noddy. The Tootles are a family of musical gypsies who camp by … Continue reading →

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Monday #295

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Fiona

This Wednesday marks the fiftieth anniversary of Enid Blyton’s death. She died on November 28th, 1968 at the age of 71. As a child I just assumed she was still around, still writing, as I received new books for birthdays … Continue reading →

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The Twinniest Twins: The O’Sullivan Twins from St Clare’s

Posted on June 12, 2015 by pippastef

This week’s Twinniest twins is all about the O’Sullivan twins from the St Clare’s series. They are the second lot of female twins we’ve looked at, but the first set of identical girl twins. The O’Sullivan twins, Isabel and Pat … Continue reading →

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Fifth Formers of St Clare’s

Posted on April 17, 2015 by pippastef

Fifth Formers of St Clare’s is the final Blyton-written instalment of the series. Pamela Cox subsequently wrote three more books for the series. Third Form at St Clare’s Kitty at St Clare’s [also set in the third form] and Sixth form at St … Continue reading →

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Second Form at St Clare’s

Posted on November 30, 2014 by pippastef

As it stands Second Form at St Clare’s is probably my favourite one that I’ve read so far of the St Clare’s series. The funny thing is that again, like with Summer Term at St Clare’s, the twins do not seem … Continue reading →

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Summer Term at St Clare’s

Posted on November 2, 2014 by pippastef

So I finally managed to finish reading Summer Term at St Clare’s for my review this week. It’s a nice story, and has quite a few smaller stories that I recognise from the Malory Towers series. This is the third … Continue reading →

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The O’Sullivan Twins

Posted on August 3, 2014 by pippastef

This week I finished the second St Clare’s book, no mean feat when I have been staying with Fiona and we have had such a busy week. However, we were on the beach on Tuesday and I managed to get … Continue reading →

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Making Blyton’s Food: Homemade Toffee from The O’Sullivan Twins of Enid Blyton’s St. Clare’s by Helen at Novelicious

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Fiona

I’ve found another smashing recipe on the Novelicious blog There is something very special about making a food from one of your childhood favourite books. When I made jammy buns from Malory Towers, I was incredibly excited as finally, something I’d read about … Continue reading →

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The Twins at St Clare’s

Posted on March 28, 2014 by pippastef

Now as you all know I am  a big Malory Towers  fan,  and I love the series quite dearly, but I have never read a St Clare’s book until now. I brought the 1967 Dragon paperback from the Barnardo’s Charity … Continue reading →

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