Enid Blyton lovers

As well as Enid Blyton one of my favourite authors was Malcolm Saville.

Just to be clear. As a young child in the fifties my favourite reading was Arthur Mee' encyclopaedias, JM Barrie's "Peter Pan" and Enid Blyton's "Mallory Towers" books.

I started teaching English in 1976. Four years later, at a Parents' Evening, I met the parents of a youngster whose step-father was an artist/illustrator.

Our discussion focused on how vocabulary relied on how much young people read. Their daughter was in my Year 8 English class, as it was then.

He had just been commissioned to design the front covers of the 1980's reprint of "The Mallory Towers" Enid Blyton books and used his step-daughter as the model for the designs. She was a lovely, kind and gentle child and went on to be a fashion feature writer for "The Sunday Telegraph" and also author of several books. If anyone would like to read one of her books..."Green, the new Black" please pm me.

I've only ever read the books. I don't think I'd like to see a televised version somehow. Not sure. I might give it a look.

Typical of me I am too impetuous and accidentally watched episode 13 thinking it was episode 1 ?

No bad language, no IPads just like I remember it.

All welcome.

Ginger beer is my favourite non alcoholic drink. Shall we have chocolate cake too?

I may have to wait for DH to go and do his jigsaw puzzle

Oh I loved Mallory Towers, I may well watch it, I'd like to be transported back to aged 10 or 11. Damn it! I've no Sherbet Lemons many a school summer holiday I'd be in the garden with a bag of those and a Blyton library book. Bliss I was easily pleased.

Saving it for when I cannot sleep, I loved the books ??

I thought Enid Blyton was really boring when I was a kid, but I have enjoyed watching this as a nostalgic experience. There’s so much I recognise.

Thanks, really looking forward to watching it,loved the books.

I’ve just had a quick look.

I’d completely forgot about Darrell. The nostalgia is going to be wonderful.

Oh absolutely spiffing!

Will there be lashings of ginger beer?

Oh oh oh must watch it!

I have started watching it too as has my eldest daughter.

Jolly hockey sticks!

Well it looks like it will just be the 3 of us having a midnight feast in the Dorm tonight ???

Crikey!

I have watched it and it was so true to the times , lovely scenery too