Enid Blyton

stovelid

Had to be done at some stage:

http://www.slashcontrol.com/free-tv-shows/the-comic-strip/36028817478731782-five-go-mad-on-mescalin

mikemac

The Express wrote: »

I have the TV theme tune to 'The Famous' Five going around in my head as I read this thread.

Anyone else?

Damn you, I'll be humming this all week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zjoN6-ddQ

I though Secret Seven was a poor imitation of the Famous Five.
But best of all was the Hardy Boys

Smeggy

Mr. Pink Whistle--loved that fecker! Moonface was another face and the guy who wore saucepans all the time in the Faraway Tree...
Kids these days should be MADE to read Enid Blyton in school!

Rooneysdaman

I loved Enid Blyton's books so much when I was a kid I actually begged my parents to send me to boarding school. And they gave in! I spent 3 years wishing they hadn't, never had a midnight feast or saw a French teacher falling into a pool, bummer. I blame it all on Isabelle and her bloody sausages! LOL

I took a Children's Literature class in America and did my presentation on Enid Blyton, none of the other students or the teacher had heard of her.

Sigma Force

I liked the Mystery of the ..and then the title..dunno what the proper name is.
Each book started with the mystery of.

Fatty and all his disguises and they take the p**s out of the policeman all the time.

They were always buying macaroons and there was the usual bottles of ginger beer going round.

I really would love the recipe for the actual macaroons they had.

Not forgetting the hot buttery toast, there may or may not of been cucumber sandwiches.

Must get the series some time, got them from the library a while back I was trying to come up with a Blyton themed party but we went with Spongebob in the end.

Doccie about her life a while back, she was a right wagon.

stovelid

feelingstressed wrote: »

Damn you, I'll be humming this all week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zjoN6-ddQ

I though Secret Seven was a poor imitation of the Famous Five.
But best of all was the Hardy Boys

I used to kinda fancy Ann in that show when I was a kid. What the hell was I thinking?

Some top boy's fitted polyester shirts there too. Remember them well.

DublinWriter

stovelid wrote: »

I used to kinda fancy Ann in that show when I was a kid. What the hell was I thinking?

It could have been much worse...you could have fancied George.

WindSock

I think I only read the first one. It introduced me to the word 'ingots' I was baffled for ages reading that word. Wtf is a gold ingot :pac:

January

I loved the Faraway Tree books, must buy them and read them again! Also St. Clare's and Mallory Towers! I also read all the Famous Five books. My dad bought me them all when I was around 8

Lpfsox

Dunjohn wrote: »

For some reason, I didn't like the Famous Five at all, but I did love the Secret Seven. Fatty was a politically-incorrect walking deus ex machina, he was brilliant (I don't remember his full name, but I remember his innitials were F.A.T.). Younger than that, my favourite character was Mr. Meddle, with the Faraway Tree stories close behind.

Fatty's real name was Frederick Algernon Trotter, hence the nickname. His dog was Buster wasn't it? And was the policeman called PC Goon but referred to as "old clear-orf" by the gang?

amazing the stuff that gets squirrelled away at the back of your brain... Loved the Famous Five, the Five Find Outers, Mallory Towers and St Claires but couldn't get the Secret Seven at all.

And yes, I do have the Famous Five theme tune playing in my head now and it will probably be there for the rest of the day

confusticated

Adored them all. My nine-year-old sister is reading loads of them and I'm rereading Malory Towers when she gets them, it's crazy how long they used to take me to read as a kid, you'd get through them in half an hour!

Princess Zelda

Loved loved loved Faraway tree series. Although I read the famous five once and a gypsy (I think) was staring in the window at them in the dark, and ever since then I have to have the blind/curtains shut in a dark room. Funny how these things stick with you.

Amy33

I loved those "Naughtiest Girl in the school" books, also loved the Secret Seven but not the Famous Five so much for some reason. Does anyone remember the "Happy Hours Story Book", it was about two brothers and a sister, the younger brother's name was Benjy, can't remember the other two names and they had two cousins who came to stay called Tommy and Betty. Absolutely loved that book!

The Muppet

I read all the famous five and secret seven books as a child, I preferred the secet seven but my favourite Blyton book was the secret Island.

Trafford Lad

Ah the Secret Island, I loved that! I remember at the time our teacher reading a chapter a day in class to us. Like a lot of other people here I preferred the Secret Seven to the Famous Five, I think I just hated the fella who played Julian in the TV series, not sure why .

Jacksquat

Have to make a comment here, all her books really bring back great memories. Its incredible that so many stories could come out of one person! I loved the famous five and the adventure series with Kiki the bird and the mystery series aswell. The five find outers, faraway tree and so many others that I`ll always enjoy flicking through the pages no matter how old I get because it brings back those memories of imagining being there in the story with them! To be 10 again!

desolate sun

Nobody has really mentioned Noddy. I had a few of his books. Loved the illustrations. One of the stories had him being kidnapped by golliwogs and them stealing his clothes. And poor Noddy has to walk home crying and naked!

There was another story about some bouncing balls that take over the town (or something like that). The town itself was very surreal.

I read some Secret Seven books and enjoyed them. I only watched the Famous Five on TV though. I couldn't get past all the poshness in the books.

galah

Anyone read 'Dolly' (that's what they were calld in German, anyway)? A load of hypocritical sh*te by today's standards, and all that class stuff about boarding schools etc thankfully got lost in translation, but I loved them as a kid...;-)

ceadaoin.

Seen this the other day...the Famous Five books are getting a makeover to make the language a bit more contemporary. I don't know is this necessary? It never put me off reading them when I was a kid

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/23/enid-blyton-famous-five-makeover