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My absolute favourite was and still is The Princess and The Pea! I use to dream I was the Princess, it shows sensitivity in so many ways.

The Little Fir Tree, I used it for the first class play my children performed in 1960 in Camberwell.
It seems even more sad now than it did then!

Cinderella, A happy ending

The little mermaid ?

The princess and the pea.I couldn't help but think how comfortable it would be to have so many mattresses.

The Emperor's New Clothes!

The Ugly Duckling, because I was one!

The Magic Chair. I was bullied at school and I used to read about the adventures of the children on the chair and I loved to pretend it was me flying to different exciting places having fun.

Mine had to be, Little Red Riding Hood, and it was always said that when I grew up to visit my nan, I would have a RED CAPE just like hers and a basket to carry some things for grandma. I was never worried about her big eyes, as I knew she was getting old. But I loved that story and told it to my girls so often

So many, how do we choose.
The ugly duckling , I had a ladybird book of this and loved Danny Kaye.s song on the radio.

Sleeping Beauty. I loved the picture of her marrying the Prince and always wanted a wedding dress like hers. (It wasn’t!)

Cinderella - I was entranced by the Ladybird version and read the book until it literally fell apart. I think the transformation aspect of the story struck a chord with me as a child, although it took some considerable time to find my own handsome prince!

Cinderella. I think I wanted to meet my Prince Charming ?

It was Hansel & Gretel , the sweets lol

I used to love the Three Billy Goats Gruff as my grandad used to read this to me when I was little and scare me to death with his voices!!

It was Cinderella. I had the most beautiful book. Here ball gown was blue and sparkling. So beautiful still remember it to this day!

Sleeping Beauty for me - as a young girl it always struck me as very romantic that she could only be woken by a kiss from her handsome prince!

The emperors new clothes. As an adult I realise it describes many pompous silly men!

snow white and the seven dwarfs,i was taken to the cinema to watch this,my 1st outing i think,it was wonderful ,

Peter Pan, because I loved how the children could fly, and because I wanted to be a fairy like Tinkerbell! ✨

Cinderella. She was beautiful inside and out and the prince recognised that and loved her regardless.

The Princess and the pea, because I liked the idea of a huge pile of mattresses even though the idea of feeling a pea through them seemed far fetched.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears - because my teddy bear was my favourite toy and porage my favourite breakfast.

I liked the story of Le Petit Poucet (French), whose name is somewhat equivalent to Tom Thumb, but whose story might be different from the English version, I'm not sure. I liked the fact that he could find his way back home through the forest thanks to the little white stones he had cleverly dropped along the way. I felt it was a practical tip which might come in handy some day. (It hasn't yet.)

The gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel always fascinated me. Being entirely practical as a child (aka no imagination!) I could never understand how it would stand up to bad weather. Surely the wind and rain would have destroyed it?