tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post643756260623650869..comments2024-02-26T07:14:39.823+00:00Comments on Everything And Nothing: tHe fAmOuS FiVe.......Akelamaluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-15084450663820052832009-05-16T00:12:00.000+01:002009-05-16T00:12:00.000+01:00How lucky were you CG? I never owned a book until...How lucky were you <B>CG</B>? I never owned a book until I went to senior school! I made sure my boys had books as soon as they were born though. :)<br /><br />Ah, isn't imagination wonderful <B>Melli</B> we can be anyone we want to be. :)<br /><br />I suppose they would sound old hat now <B>Marmie</B>, but oh boy did they sound good when we were young eh? :)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-72617654805147731352009-05-15T17:17:00.000+01:002009-05-15T17:17:00.000+01:00I will add, I found them, but use to read them fro...I will add, I found them, but use to read them from the school library myself as a child... <br /><br />xMarmiteToastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536695634856882487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-35118236849022060162009-05-15T17:16:00.000+01:002009-05-15T17:16:00.000+01:00I found these old books when my lads were younger,...I found these old books when my lads were younger, and still have them on the bookcase where I read them to the minded kids.......<br /><br />Jebus they sound so outdated now, if I think of them through the ears of the kids in my care, no wonder they blank stare at me lol<br /><br />xMarmiteToastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536695634856882487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-33693880869843370772009-05-15T02:19:00.000+01:002009-05-15T02:19:00.000+01:00I read a series of books when I was reallllly smal...I read a series of books when I was reallllly small -- maybe 7 or 8 - called the Honeybunch series. She was always into adventures too.... and I imagined myself with her!Mellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266127127286739779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-71322481716904687812009-05-14T17:58:00.000+01:002009-05-14T17:58:00.000+01:00I used to get a new EB book every Saturday morning...I used to get a new EB book every Saturday morning from my Gran. I would lie in bed with a mug of minestrone soup and read; I was in HEAVEN. It was great when my own daughter read them too; I was glad I'd saved them. The "Adventure" series were my favourites...CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773161375865716360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-79605062291053297012009-05-14T17:26:00.000+01:002009-05-14T17:26:00.000+01:00Oh how wonderful to live near a place like that To...Oh how wonderful to live near a place like that <B>Topchamp</B> - did you have your own little gang of five? :)<br /><br />Weren't they wonderful <B>Thumbelina</B>? I read them all too! :)<br /><br />Hello <B>Anonymous</B> another FF fan eh? :)<br /><br />You lived the FF life for real <B>Dr. John</B> fantastic! :)<br /><br />I'd like to be a child again for a short time but only to live the good times <B>Cloudia</B> ;)<br /><br />I've not heard of those <B>Spiky</B> but they sound every bit as good as the FF!<br /><br /><br /><I>Fun adventures should not be concerned with gender.</I> - you are so right in this <B>Trav</B> - sounds like you were an avid reader!<br /><br />Ah another FF fan <B>David</B>. I've a mind to read them all over again! :0<br /><br />Ah <B>Flowerpot</B> you were another avid reader :)<br /><br /><br />I've never read the Laura Ingles books but 'Little House On The Prairie' was one of my favourite TV programmes!<br /><br /><br />Black Beauty was another of my favourites too <B>Gewels</B> :) You had to be Peter Pan? Does that me you used to swing from the light fitting pretending to fly? LOLAkelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-30051175640809359062009-05-14T16:45:00.000+01:002009-05-14T16:45:00.000+01:00Sounds like I missed out on some great imagined ad...Sounds like I missed out on some great imagined adventures as I've never heard of this series. It was all Nancy Drew for me. Oh, and Black Beauty- over and over and over again!!!!<br /><br />I would definitely make up my own adventures as a child. And, like Georgie I was the one who HAD to be Peter when we played Peter Pan.<br />Hi Akela!!!<br />xoxoGEWELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667187693235282985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-74353030471379494772009-05-14T14:27:00.000+01:002009-05-14T14:27:00.000+01:00'In a world where ginger beer flows' - LOL!
The N...'In a world where ginger beer flows' - LOL!<br /><br />The Narnia books were my greatest passion, as well as the Laura Ingalls Wilder series.<br /><br />I'm having an art show over at my place - drop in if you get a minute.Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-71075389355655770392009-05-14T10:11:00.000+01:002009-05-14T10:11:00.000+01:00I loved Susanna of the Mounties, Elizabeth Goudge ...I loved Susanna of the Mounties, Elizabeth Goudge books (all of them), CS Lewis, Joan Aiken - oh so many!!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-74343900816949221352009-05-14T03:44:00.000+01:002009-05-14T03:44:00.000+01:00I used to immerse myself in the Famous Five as wel...I used to immerse myself in the Famous Five as well!david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-39784166500772447052009-05-14T03:26:00.000+01:002009-05-14T03:26:00.000+01:00I never heard of those books, but they sound wonde...I never heard of those books, but they sound wonderful. I remember when I was graduating from just learning to read the words to actually comprehending them, my mom got me The Bobbsey Twins books. I loved those.<br /><br />Then it was on to Hardy Boys. But I still would read my sister's Trixie Belden books, and even some of her Nancy Drew.<br /><br />Fun adventures should not be concerned with gender.Travis Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192526507760146748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-14500892734248834702009-05-14T01:38:00.000+01:002009-05-14T01:38:00.000+01:00I was in the 5th grade and found Beezus and Ramona...I was in the 5th grade and found Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary. they were sisters, Ramona Geralodine Quimby is the younger of the two. She wrote The Henry Higgins series along with Ramona series of books. <br /><br />I saw myself as Beezus, clearly always frustrated with her younger...that was so true.<br /><br />ciao honey...fabulous post.Spiky Zora Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283587481327552086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-84064040059325732742009-05-14T01:12:00.000+01:002009-05-14T01:12:00.000+01:00Thanks for being a child again with us. TAG! You'r...Thanks for being a child again with us. TAG! You're IT!!<br />AlohaCloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-6914745041603100572009-05-13T23:31:00.000+01:002009-05-13T23:31:00.000+01:00I didn't read those books as a kid I read the Wiza...I didn't read those books as a kid I read the Wizard of Oz books. Baum intended to write only one but it was so popular he was almost forced to write all the others.<br />I lived something of the life of the five. My relatives had camps on the dead river and we often stayed there with cousins. We walked on logs in the lake, made up stories, and had adventures.Dr.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752941912945095736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-52976553416347940162009-05-13T23:17:00.000+01:002009-05-13T23:17:00.000+01:00Thanks for the reminder. I LOVED the Fam 5 books a...Thanks for the reminder. I LOVED the Fam 5 books as a child :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-54131081612640380872009-05-13T22:23:00.000+01:002009-05-13T22:23:00.000+01:00Oh you have brought some memories back! I was Geor...Oh you have brought some memories back! I was George. No really, I was. In my head.<br />All my friends seemed to prefer Secret Seven but I was a Famous Five girl through and through. I think I read every book.Thumbelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797968670320215838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-51862036424630913332009-05-13T21:13:00.000+01:002009-05-13T21:13:00.000+01:00I loved the Famous Five and the Secret Seven! In ...I loved the Famous Five and the Secret Seven! In Treaddur Bay (Holy Island) there's a big grey house on top of a cliff that I SWEAR to you has smuggling tunnels and caves and all that cool stuff underneath it.... or so I imagined as a child.TopChamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377737494575644509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-57965628591158051172009-05-13T20:50:00.000+01:002009-05-13T20:50:00.000+01:00Yes Timmy was the 5th Daryl. Another Trixie Belde...Yes Timmy was the 5th <B>Daryl</B>. Another Trixie Belden fan eh? I've not heard of the Boxcar Children before. :)<br /><br /><br />The Hardy Boys not exciting enough for you eh <B>Buff</B>, you progressed to the hardcore stuff? ;)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-53786978785210586162009-05-13T17:45:00.000+01:002009-05-13T17:45:00.000+01:00The Hardy Boys, for me, and Nancy Drew for my sis....The Hardy Boys, for me, and Nancy Drew for my sis... By the time I was 12-14 it was Conan the Bararian, and John Carter of Mars..buffalodickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663035745368682736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-67266231990984143112009-05-13T17:26:00.000+01:002009-05-13T17:26:00.000+01:00Julian, Dick, Anne and George = 4 ... who was the ...Julian, Dick, Anne and George = 4 ... who was the 5th, the pup Timmy?<br /><br />Did you know Nancy Drew's best chum was also George, a girl.<br /><br />In my day it was all about Trixie Belden who lived in Upstate NY with her 3 brothers and she solved mysteries while being BFFs with a rich girl named Honey ... <br /><br />And then there were the Boxcar Children ... 4 kids who were orphaned and somehow found their way to an 'island' on which there was a deserted box car that they lived in ... <br /><br />I was also so envious of these kids who had such great adventures and little parental supervision<br /><br />Thanks for the shared memory!Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-73183559925538714072009-05-13T16:26:00.000+01:002009-05-13T16:26:00.000+01:00I like the Secret Seven books too Dumdad but the '...I like the Secret Seven books too <B>Dumdad</B> but the 'Five' hold a special place in my heart. :)<br /><br />If you like Harry Potter you would love the Famous Five <B>Thom</B>!<br /><br />I've not heard of 'Trixie Belden' books <B>Citizen</B> but they sound like books I would have liked when I was young. :)<br /><br />Oh it's so annoying when they make films out of books and they're a let down isn't it <B>Lu</B>? :(<br /><br />Ah another 'Famous Five' and Enid Blyton fan <B>Gleds</B>! :) They seemed to ban everything in the <br />70's didn't they? :(<br /><br />I never read the Nancy Drew books but they were serialised on the TV so I watched them <B>Bee</B> :)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-79996049612414252722009-05-13T15:00:00.000+01:002009-05-13T15:00:00.000+01:00i read all the nancy drew books...
smiles, bee
xo...i read all the nancy drew books...<br /><br />smiles, bee<br />xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-35906349344538740992009-05-13T13:52:00.000+01:002009-05-13T13:52:00.000+01:00thom how can you not have heard of enid b? are you...thom how can you not have heard of enid b? are you american?? she was the jk rowling of her day, though maybe mostly in britain and "empire" realms...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-41420329110237618122009-05-13T13:51:00.000+01:002009-05-13T13:51:00.000+01:00in my days, the trendy 1970s Enid Blytons were fam...in my days, the trendy 1970s Enid Blytons were famously banned from most schools and, seemingly, public libraries. Which only seemed to work wonders for her sales as the books were printed in the multimillions.<br /><br />I love the famous five. George ALWAYS goes in a sulk. Timmy, tied up or hidden starts barking and nearly gives the game away. Mousy Ann shows hidden courage. And Julian is bossy and takes charge. And there's ALWAYS a secret passageway and/or hidden room. Excellent stuff!!Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1922338030834754301.post-77895515979235049772009-05-13T13:26:00.000+01:002009-05-13T13:26:00.000+01:00For me it was Stewart Little. My Mother bought me...For me it was Stewart Little. My Mother bought me the book, I still have it. I have to say as an adult I thought the movie adaptation lacked the charm found in the book :(Lu'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11278553170295772582noreply@blogger.com