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Enid Blyton still a favourite. For you, too?

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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 11 Oct, 2004 12:15 am
I adored the Faraway Tree books - and the Naughtiest Girl in the School series (I identified - I mean, I was good at school - but had the naughty one role at home).

The Famous Five and Secret Seven I enjoyed - and I liked George a LOT - but they never really entranced me.

I would not place any of hers amongst my favourites.
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travelbug
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 09:24 am
I liked the Adventure series too, Rhamag. Jack and Lucy were brother and sister, as were Philip and Dina (?) but they lived together. Jack had a parrot called Kiki and Philip owned various wild animals throughout the series. Dina was a tomboy and Lucy was a wuss who never did anything without Jack. But they were good!
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travelbug
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 09:26 am
ooh, and the Faraway Tree! They've changed one of the female characters now from Fanny to something else for today's children. Made me chuckle!
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 09:31 am
Laughing That's funny, travelbug!
Reminds me of the speculation about the real nature of Noddy & Big Ears' relationship!
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travelbug
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 09:48 am
Indeed! I'm sure there was chemistry between those two... children's books and tv programs are funny when you read/watch them as adults. As a child you don't notice all the connotations. The makers of kids tv must have a right laugh!
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 09:52 am
Yes. I guess it would be pretty boring for them, otherwise? Very Happy
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travelbug
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 09:59 am
And then Pat went to deliver his letters... yawn. Yeah, I imagine so. One favourite program of mine featured a crossdressing pink hippo named George. I didn't realise at the time, I thought it was his twin, but no.
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 10:06 am
Very Happy
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 01:02 pm
Noddy and Big Ears? I share the woods with a black bear I've named Big Ears,
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margo
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 03:00 pm
Noddy - it's not the reading that causes all those eye troubles - it's the looking through keyholes, I tell you.....

tut tut!
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 03:02 pm
Margo--

I understand there is a fictional Australian 'Noddy', but I have no idea who he/she is.
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margo
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 03:11 pm
Noddy and Big Ears are other Enid Blyton characters - meant for younger children. English again.... I think the BBC made televison series of them - (I'm not a child of television, so I'm not sure!)

A Google search found lots of references to audio and video tapes, dvds, etc. but too much of interest, as far as I looked.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Wed 13 Oct, 2004 03:35 pm
Thanks, Margo. Someday I'll find the right second hand store....
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 14 Oct, 2004 06:00 am
Noddy

There was a rumour a few years ago, that Noddy & Big Ears were a little, er ... too close! Shocked None of us, in our innocence, had ever quite seen their relationship in that light before! Laughing
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sagar11
 
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Reply Wed 24 Aug, 2005 11:38 am
I grew up reading Enid Blyton! Glad to find this post- most people I have talked to never heard of her!
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 25 Aug, 2005 01:19 am
Hello & welcome, sagar11! Very Happy

Who knows how Enid impacted on our young selves? (It'd be an interesting bit of research to find out, yes?)

Mallory Towers lives!!! Laughing
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dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 25 Aug, 2005 02:29 am
Noddy24 wrote:
Margo--

I understand there is a fictional Australian 'Noddy', but I have no idea who he/she is.


Heehee - tha sounds so odd - since Noddy et al are such quintessentially ENGLISH (not even British - ENGLISH) characters!

Noddy:



http://www.arc.org.uk/help_us/images/noddy.jpg


Noddy and Big Ears:

http://www.longleat.co.uk/images/news/noddy.jpg



I loved some Blyton as a weelowan - the Far Away Tree, some of the Secret Seven and Famous Five - some sort of fairy tale book.


But only as a VERY wee lowan indeed.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Thu 25 Aug, 2005 02:02 pm
The story of Noddy-as-a-name-on-line is long and complicated. I'd glad to see the character whom I assume is a bit of a domesticated Puck?

Perhaps highly domesticated?

My BigEars is a black bear with a sweet tooth. I haven't seen him this year, but I haven't really missed him. I haven't filled the feeders, either.

One of these days I'm going to call up Amazon UK and order an Enid Blyton book.
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flixen
 
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Reply Fri 26 Aug, 2005 01:04 am
i loved enid blyton books when i was younger! my favourites were the faraway tree series and the adventures of the wishing chair. i also liked the mallory towers and st clares series too.
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msolga
 
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Reply Fri 26 Aug, 2005 02:29 am
Very Happy

Hello, flixen & welcome to A2K! Very Happy

I loved all the Blyton books you mentioned & hey, we turned out OK, didn't we? Nothing wrong with us! Razz
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