http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...9C0D9460D5B2&index=6
The start..
A pupil and his parent in my local paper was calling for To Kill a Mockingbird to be banned cos of the racist language. That book had a huge impact on me as a young person reading it. It never once encouraged me to go out and say those words to anyone, it made me realise how ignorant and wrong it was. Was sad when I read that newspaper story.
I say! How queer! 
absolute joke imo. I loved wishing chair and folk of the faraway tree! All getting stupid! They should ban horrid henry!!
quote:Originally posted by sunny dayz:
absolute joke imo. I loved wishing chair and folk of the faraway tree! All getting stupid! They should ban horrid henry!!
You've just taken me back to my childhood there sunnydayz
Loved The Enchanted Wood series of books with ol' Moonface and Silkie
quote:Originally posted by Miss_S:quote:Originally posted by sunny dayz:
absolute joke imo. I loved wishing chair and folk of the faraway tree! All getting stupid! They should ban horrid henry!!
You've just taken me back to my childhood there sunnydayz
Loved The Enchanted Wood series of books with ol' Moonface and Silkie
brilliant books!
odd thing is that enid blyton only had step kids who apparantly she was really mean to!
who'da thought it
quote:Originally posted by china:quote:Originally posted by Miss_S:quote:Originally posted by sunny dayz:
absolute joke imo. I loved wishing chair and folk of the faraway tree! All getting stupid! They should ban horrid henry!!
You've just taken me back to my childhood there sunnydayz
Loved The Enchanted Wood series of books with ol' Moonface and Silkie
brilliant books!
odd thing is that enid blyton only had step kids who apparantly she was really mean to!
who'da thought it
Yeah I saw that somewhere too!
Joan Crawford and coat hangers..
brilliant books!
odd thing is that enid blyton only had step kids who apparantly she was really mean to!
who'da thought it[/QUOTE]
Yeah I saw that somewhere too![/QUOTE]
i hope we just havent shattered peoples illusions
odd thing is that enid blyton only had step kids who apparantly she was really mean to!
who'da thought it[/QUOTE]
Yeah I saw that somewhere too!
[/QUOTE]i hope we just havent shattered peoples illusions
You're all going to hate me - but have you read an Enid Blyton recently?
They really are the most badly written books. I collected them for years and have a huge collection (in the downstairs loo!)
My children were not the slightest bit interested in them, and I can understand why - they are sooo tedious.
I have great memories of them too - but there are much better books about these days
*runs*
They really are the most badly written books. I collected them for years and have a huge collection (in the downstairs loo!)
My children were not the slightest bit interested in them, and I can understand why - they are sooo tedious.
I have great memories of them too - but there are much better books about these days
*runs*
quote:Originally posted by kattymieoww:
Joan Crawford and coat hangers..
LOL!
have you seen bette midler take the p!ss outta joan crawford-with the t-shirt saying 'i never laid a f*cking hand on those kids'
quote:Originally posted by china:
odd thing is that enid blyton only had step kids who apparantly she was really mean to!
Never heard that!Rexi I haven't read one recently but I suppose you don't really notice the bad writing when you're young!
They're pretty old-fashioned books I guess - probably not something kids are into at all these days
quote:Originally posted by Rexi:
You're all going to hate me - but have you read an Enid Blyton recently?
They really are the most badly written books. I collected them for years and have a huge collection (in the downstairs loo!)
My children were not the slightest bit interested in them, and I can understand why - they are sooo tedious.
I have great memories of them too - but there are much better books about these days
*runs*
runs after rexi-screaming..
i still read them you..you..dream squasher!
quote:Originally posted by Tootall:quote:Originally posted by Daniel J*:
There's a (whispers) golly in one of the books, isn't there?
when I was a child I only thought gollys were just like a teddybear not based on a person.
I love gollies and have loads of them including one I had as a child but shopkeepers sometimes have to keep them hidden away for fear of being prosecuted.
They were a sign of the times, and that is all.
Never occurred to me about Fanny and Dick,but I'm obviously an innocent flower!!
We don't keep them in our school library simply because there is much better childrens literature these days!They are also dated.Same reason we dont keep Mallory Towers and chalet girls(I loved Chalet girls as a girl!!).I kept mine and gave a couple to my kids to test and I think they just want something a lot pacier these days.I was raised on Enid Blyton and it didnt do me any harm!!lol
I think its just changing times and changing tastes
The faraway tree is still a staple with the younger ones tho.
We don't keep them in our school library simply because there is much better childrens literature these days!They are also dated.Same reason we dont keep Mallory Towers and chalet girls(I loved Chalet girls as a girl!!).I kept mine and gave a couple to my kids to test and I think they just want something a lot pacier these days.I was raised on Enid Blyton and it didnt do me any harm!!lol
I think its just changing times and changing tastes
The faraway tree is still a staple with the younger ones tho.
Oh my god, what the hell is wrong with the world?!
Aww I loved Enid Blyton when I was growing up, Folk of the Faraway Tree, the Wishing Chair, The twins at St Clare's and the Naughtiest girl at school, I still have them all at my dad's house. Naughty Amelia Jane was a goodun too. I know someone called Fanny, she is French but her dad was from the US and it still amazes me that he effectively called his daughter 'Arse'.
I know someone called Fanny, she is French but her dad was from the US and it still amazes me that he effectively called his daughter 'Arse'. 
Do school libraries provide Fanny by Gaslight, nowadays?
I still have all my books from when I was small. I do think that Enid Blyton seemed to fall foul of the pc types, I've heard a lot of people say that she was racist and her books are all about middle class white kids etc.
Well I read virtually all her stuff and I never turned into a rabid BNP voter who reads the Daily Mail.
Well I read virtually all her stuff and I never turned into a rabid BNP voter who reads the Daily Mail.
quote:Originally posted by Veggieburger:
I still have all my books from when I was small. I do think that Enid Blyton seemed to fall foul of the pc types, I've heard a lot of people say that she was racist and her books are all about middle class white kids etc.
Well I read virtually all her stuff and I never turned into a rabid BNP voter who reads the Daily Mail.
oi!
i read the daily mail
Osling 1 has devoured the Secret Seven and Famous 5 series over the last few months.
Doesn't seem to have turned into Nick Griffin just yet
Doesn't seem to have turned into Nick Griffin just yet
quote:Originally posted by Bigdaddyostrich:
Osling 1 has devoured the Secret Seven and Famous 5 series over the last few months.
Doesn't seem to have turned into Nick Griffin just yet
if he starts dressing like he's on his way to a garden party-lock the doors
quote:Originally posted by china:quote:Originally posted by Bigdaddyostrich:
Osling 1 has devoured the Secret Seven and Famous 5 series over the last few months.
Doesn't seem to have turned into Nick Griffin just yet
if he starts dressing like he's on his way to a garden party-lock the doors
Well he tripped off to his gulag this bright morn with his cap atop his scrubbed head. Slippery slope...
considering the spice girls sex song 2 become 1 and 6 year olds singin it... i dont see how blyton's books r foul.
aint no child know the real meaning of things tho!
aint no child know the real meaning of things tho!
quote:Originally posted by china:quote:Originally posted by Veggieburger:
I still have all my books from when I was small. I do think that Enid Blyton seemed to fall foul of the pc types, I've heard a lot of people say that she was racist and her books are all about middle class white kids etc.
Well I read virtually all her stuff and I never turned into a rabid BNP voter who reads the Daily Mail.
oi!
i read the daily mail
*faints*
quote:Originally posted by Scrumtum:
considering the spice girls sex song 2 become 1 and 6 year olds singin it... i dont see how blyton's books r foul.
aint no child know the real meaning of things tho!
I think this too. If they don't know what it means, then where's the problem?
quote:Originally posted by Veggieburger:quote:Originally posted by china:quote:Originally posted by Veggieburger:
I still have all my books from when I was small. I do think that Enid Blyton seemed to fall foul of the pc types, I've heard a lot of people say that she was racist and her books are all about middle class white kids etc.
Well I read virtually all her stuff and I never turned into a rabid BNP voter who reads the Daily Mail.
oi!
i read the daily mail
*faints*
LOL!
i do!
i dont read the political stuff-apart from littlejohn who makes me chuckle
but they do really good excerpts (sp) from books and stuff about interesting facts,great movie reviews and a brilliant cryptic crossword!
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Scrumtum:
considering the spice girls sex song 2 become 1 and 6 year olds singin it... i dont see how blyton's books r foul.
aint no child know the real meaning of things tho!
I think this too. If they don't know what it means, then where's the problem?
mary mary!
theyre playing our 'thread'
quote:Originally posted by china:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Scrumtum:
considering the spice girls sex song 2 become 1 and 6 year olds singin it... i dont see how blyton's books r foul.
aint no child know the real meaning of things tho!
I think this too. If they don't know what it means, then where's the problem?
mary mary!
theyre playing our 'thread'
Hello you
I know. I saw this yesterday and immediately wondered where you were
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Scrumtum:
considering the spice girls sex song 2 become 1 and 6 year olds singin it... i dont see how blyton's books r foul.
aint no child know the real meaning of things tho!
I think this too. If they don't know what it means, then where's the problem?
This is a dangerous policy that leads ultimately to 2 year olds running round supermarkets screaming 'sh1t' and worse at the tops of their trilling little voices
ah the famous five! The girl called George - blantant lesbian -ahead of her times was Enid!
I used to have an Uncle Fanny, shame hes not around anymore he was a right crack
mary mary!
theyre playing our 'thread'[/QUOTE]
Hello you
I know. I saw this yesterday and immediately wondered where you were [/QUOTE]
i was here-waiting for ya to show up-but you didnt!
whats that line in your sig?
is it planes,trains and automobiles?
theyre playing our 'thread'
[/QUOTE]Hello you
I know. I saw this yesterday and immediately wondered where you were
[/QUOTE]i was here-waiting for ya to show up-but you didnt!
whats that line in your sig?
is it planes,trains and automobiles?
quote:Originally posted by Bovrilking:
I used to have an Uncle Fanny, shame hes not around anymore he was a right crack
quote:Originally posted by Bigdaddyostrich:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Scrumtum:
considering the spice girls sex song 2 become 1 and 6 year olds singin it... i dont see how blyton's books r foul.
aint no child know the real meaning of things tho!
I think this too. If they don't know what it means, then where's the problem?
This is a dangerous policy that leads ultimately to 2 year olds running round supermarkets screaming 'sh1t' and worse at the tops of their trilling little voices
I should have thought that through a little better. I meant that with words like 'dick' and 'fanny' that aren't inherently 'bad', which weren't intended as 'bad words'.
Obviously it'd be different with stronger words that actually are intended to be offensive or rude, or that have developed into slang.
quote:Originally posted by china:
mary mary!
theyre playing our 'thread'
Hello you
I know. I saw this yesterday and immediately wondered where you were
[/QUOTE]i was here-waiting for ya to show up-but you didnt!
whats that line in your sig?
is it planes,trains and automobiles?[/QUOTE]
Awh, I'm sorry.
I'm here all Summer now though!
And it's from Modest Mouse's Dashboard: Click click.
Wow this has been revived, I loved the far a way tree and that and would love to read them again but am put off by the thought of them being changed, I bet the originals will be going up in price, have to look in Play.com and amazon
quote:Originally posted by Tootall:
Wow this has been revived, I loved the far a way tree and that and would love to read them again but am put off by the thought of them being changed, I bet the originals will be going up in price, have to look in Play.com and amazon
Carboot sales and charity shops/secondhand shops will have them too. And probably cheaper as well