I also liked it when Sally put a cool hand on Darrell's shoulder and calmed her down. And I really wanted some of Alicia's magic tricks.
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Instead I started reading loads of sci fi books with big words in them that I didn't understand
Ah but the thing is Prom, do you understand them now?
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...........I loved them. I guess it was sort of aspirational to a kid living in a two up two down with an outside toilet and no bathroom
Try living in a flat with no bathroom and the outside loo down the yard
I lived in a shoebox on the M40 and walked 25 miles to school with nothing on my feetTry living in a flat with no bathroom and the outside loo down the yard
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Try living in a flat with no bathroom and the outside loo down the yard
an outside loo down the yard?? You were LUCKY!!! 
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Yep and how she started off such a naughty girl but ended up to be the school heroine . So funny and so moralistic ....................somehow though it sort of shaped your life! It was only when I read them years later that I realised how snobby and elitist it was. Couldn't have been further removed from my very working class childhood but .....................................I loved them. I guess it was sort of aspirational to a kid living in a two up two down with an outside toilet and no bathroom
You have described my views on all that then. 
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Did anyone ever read Flowers in the attic.
OMG Yes I was totally gripped
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Did anyone ever read Flowers in the attic. (Then the whole Virginia Andrews set) some were repetitive but i loved the original
yes i did 
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es - when she pushed poor Saklly and she fell off of the piano stool. Sally became very ill ..............(actually it was really appendicitis) Darrel felt so guilty but fortunately her father was a gifted surgeon who operated and made Sally all better! It sometimes worries me all the trivia that is stored in my head!!
NOOO it is all important stuff and I loved the fact he did an emergency appendicectomy in the middle of the night.I LOVE it when Darrell loses her temper and delivers a few hard slaps. She does it once a book. I have them all an occasionally when visiting my mum I have been known to re read them. I am supposed to be reading 'alone in Berlin' by Hans Fallada at the moment but keep listening to 'a history of the world in 100 objects' first then I fall asleep.
hello jonononononono
hello jonononononono
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I also liked it when Sally put a cool hand on Darrell's shoulder and calmed her down. And I really wanted some of Alicia's magic tricks.
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an outside loo down the yard?? You were LUCKY!!!
remember having to boil a kettle on a winter's morning to melt the ice?brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Ah but the thing is Prom, do you understand them now?
I'm getting better but it's best to stick to words of one or two syllables if you don't want me scratching my head with a confused look on my face 
I felt very sorry for Zelda ........the American girl .........she never stood a chance as they all felt she was far too brash and common.
TBH .........never had a lot of time for Gwendoline Mary ........neither did Mademoiselle Dupont as I remember!
TBH .........never had a lot of time for Gwendoline Mary ........neither did Mademoiselle Dupont as I remember!
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I lived in a shoebox on the M40 and walked 25 miles to school with nothing on my feet
Awwww Issy 
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yes i did and for years i was under the impression that it was a true story
I must google this to check .....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_in_the_Attic..it does show it may have been based on some shred of truth.
Listen I lived in an absolute shit area in a damp flat in a single parent family (which was not common at the time) but I identified with the Mallory Towers crew so much. No idea why, but I have always re read them. I think it's mental all you guys have too.
Gwendoline Mary was an old boot and deserved the hard slap Darrell gave her (the slaps echoed round the pool haha) - remember she pretended to have a heart defect?
ooh hello gyps by the way xx
I stuck to Cat in the Hat till I was 12. Then moved over to Razzle.
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Listen I lived in an absolute shit area in a damp flat in a single parent family
I lived in a shoe box in the middle of the road.Reference:
Awwww Issy I'm of the thought that we must go through *coughsrubbishshitcoughs* before we can come out the other end a better person. Seems like a few of us did it here
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an outside loo down the yard?? You were LUCKY!!!
Not when I had to walk past the outhouse/wash house hanging on to the ledges to get to the loo when there was icicles hanging off the roof and slipped and hurt myself
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I stuck to Cat in the Hat till I was 12. Then moved over to Razzle.
so you gave up reading at 12 and just stuck to (sometimes literally) the pictures?
Anyway, I've taken a thread off track again 
as you were.............
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so you gave up reading at 12 and just stuck to (sometimes literally) the pictures?
Yup.
The invention of cling film was a major event in my life.
Does anyone remember the wonderful ladybird fairytale books? They were so wonderfully illustrated. I still have all of mine but I loved this one best
I really wish I'd kept all my books. And yes Isadora they were great books .........................I still get great Ladybirds for my grandchildren though.
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Listen I lived in an absolute shit area in a damp flat in a single parent family (which was not common at the time) but I identified with the Mallory Towers crew so much. No idea why, but I have always re read them. I think it's mental all you guys have too.
Jonono .
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its great so many of us have read the same books.
You sure? *digs out collection*
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Does anyone remember the wonderful ladybird fairytale books? They were so wonderfully illustrated. I still have all of mine but I loved this one best
That's the one i mentioned before Issy, i have the full set of those ladybird books. The pictures were wonderful, i poured over them for hours.Reference:
You sure? *digs out collection*
They are under your razzle ones .... i' ve seen your secret seven 
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I stuck to Cat in the Hat till I was 12. Then moved over to Razzle.
Razzle. I could just about understand that one, the stories were crap though 
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I really wish I'd kept all my books. And yes Isadora they were great books .........................I still get great Ladybirds for my grandchildren though.
I have all mine soozy - I am rubbish at throwing books away
When my oldest (now 30) was a baby, we went on holiday to Majorca - we only took one book......................Chicken Licken! Two weeks of the same bedside story really did my nut in. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........Turkey Lurkey, Foxy Loxy, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey.i hate them all
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I stuck to Cat in the Hat till I was 12. Then moved over to Razzle. Razzle. I could just about understand that one, the stories were crap though
Green Eggs and HamCould you , would you, in a train???
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Not when I had to walk past the outhouse/wash house hanging on to the ledges to get to the loo when there was icicles hanging off the roof and slipped and hurt myself
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i' ve seen your secret seven
Secret Steven that is....*badoom tish*....I thank yooooo....
Right guys -the drinks are on me cos I actually have this edition and apparently it is extremely rare
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Secret Steven that is....*badoom tish*....I thank yooooo...
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Does anyone remember the wonderful ladybird fairytale books?
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Right guys -the drinks are on me cos I actually have this edition and apparently it is extremely rare
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Does anyone remember the wonderful ladybird fairytale books? They were so wonderfully illustrated. I still have all of mine but I loved this one best
wow. I had them all in that series but had to pass them down to my cousin *is still bitter*