Natasha said (of her husband):
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I meant to say in response to Susan, it's not when the captain breaks down that
gets me, but immediately after, when Maria (aka the completely wonderful Julie)
takes up the song, so brave and strong, though she must be feeling just as
dreadful as he does ab
I saw this at the weekend and thought it was marvellous. I know nothing
about Barrie or the true events that inspired the film but I really enjoyed
it. Johnny was of course fantastic, handsome and sensitive as ever! But
what impressed me most was the performance of the boy (Freddy Highmore I
th
As you will see, this is not at all academic but I hope it will lead people
to think of many more examples. I am sending it in two parts. Because of
formatting problems when transferring from Word to email, I have had to
remove all italics for book titles. I hope it comes out plain for everybody
Even more realistic is Kathleen OFarrells book Sally Anne Sees it Through
(1967), about a working class family living in south London in the 1960s.
The Perkins family, Mum, Dad and five children, inhabit the world of the
luckier heroines of the Bunty comics of the same era. Sally Anne is
four
Sorry, yes - clearly expecting everyone to be pyschic!
Natasha
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Rosamond, degraded? Even Maidlin works as a waitress at one point.
Tig wrote
Their mother takes up a trade - and a very menial one (judging by the
standards of the period when serving in a teashop can be seen as the
ultimate degradation) and not only doesn't bat an eyelid but finds it fun.
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While researching answers for the quiz, I have been astonished to find that
there are 'Christian publishers' in the USA who are still printing books
first published for the Sunday School trade in the nineteenth century and
recommending them as valuable Christian tales. I happen to enjoy these ol
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! But
> what impressed me most was the performance of the boy (Freddy Highmore
I
> think). He was quite, quite brilliant, utterly
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> Rosamond, degraded? Even Maidlin works as a waitress at one point.
>
> Tig wrote
> >Their mother takes up a trade
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>Oh Natasha, take your hankies with you if you're intending to see it!!
>Yep,
Yes, there were as many moralistic 'Sunday School' books published in the UK
in Victorian times as there were in the USA - maybe more! Usually, as
Barbara says, published by RTS, but also by SPCK. I have quite a collection
of them from late-Victorian times - but they were still being given as
I have a new job, starting as a library assistant in three weeks and I am
really really pleased!
I have been a nurse for the last 25 years, mainly in the UK also in Africa
and the Middle East and enjoyed it most tof the time but I have got really fed
up with it the last few years and have fi
I thought I'd sent this reply a few days back, but having looked in the
archives I don't think I did!
Christine
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Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:45 PM
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Marguerite mentioned
the ending of 'Little Boy Lost' by Marghanita Laski. Oh, lor! I feel weepy
again. And the ending of The Once and Future King. There's a short story by
Katharine Mansfield, called 'Old Ma' something - can't remember the name. It was
part of a GCSE set text, and none of us
Susan wrote
I have a new job, starting as a library assistant in three weeks and I am
really really pleased!
Congratulations! I hope you will enjoy the new job
At least the library will be cleaner than our local hospitals.
A depressing thought but is it true? I read a piece in one of the weekend
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>It would be tempting to suggest that the ill health suffered by the mothers
>of so many GO heroines resulted from married womenâs confinement to the
>role of homemaker and their lack of independent means. Such a case does not
>s
I thoroughly agree!
On 10 Nov 2004 at 10:07, Pat Hanby wrote:
> Me: Agree with every word! In spite of knowing what really did
happen
> and over a much longer period, it really captured what I thought
was
> the spirit of events. Johnny Depp's Scots accent was beautifully
> sustained, and littl
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Can any GOers claim to be P&I? I've always kind of envied those who
akshully *look* as ill as they feel, you know, the people you take one
look at & immediately order a taxi to send them home.
Throughout my childhood people kept t
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Beth & Rich
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Muriels Choice is really good!! and the Discovery of Kate was enjoyable too.
I haven't seen Phyll's original post yet but yes I think Haverfield is
extremely readable. Kate Tyler says the same in The Book too. I also
prefer t
Are Sunday School prize books still widely given? The church we went to in
England didn't have Sunday School as such, just family services with a
creche for very small children, and I think this was the case with other
local churches too. The only books comparable my children ever had was from
Fat
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>
> Having said all that, I do think Trease falls down horribly on the subject
> of girls. I wince every time Bill makes some patronising comment about
> girls' fuss and chatter and flutter, and I think he treats Penny
abominably
Diane wrote
Lying around on sofas stops being heroic and self-sacrificing and becomes
selfish and
manipulative.
Yes, but I think that's a fairly modern view. You could contrast 19th &
20th century attitudes here, perhaps. Yet we still have invalids
sympathetically spoken of - by EBD, for instanc
Barbara said:> Rosamond, degraded? Even Maidlin works as a waitress at one
point.
And Nicky backed this up.
You're quite right, both of you. That was definitely a point too far. In
fact books of this period are littered with people starting genteel tea
shops from M E Atkinson, to Agatha Chris
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> Can any GOers claim to be P&I? I've always kind of envied those who
> akshully *look* as ill as they feel, you know, the people
In a message dated 10/11/2004 16:59:21 GMT Standard Time, Tig writes:
>You're quite right, both of you. That was definitely a point too far. In
fact books of this period are littered with people starting genteel tea
shops from M E Atkinson, to Agatha Christie.<
There's a memory nagging at
At 04:04 PM 11/8/2004, Deborah A. Fleming wrote:>Wow,
Eleanor! Since you have it all figured out, why the hysteria?You
can't refute anything I said, so instead you decide it's hysteria. You could
at least not steal the word I used in the first place.>All of that
vitriole from you, much of i
Apparently when I had my recent bout of AF I turned very pale(but not interesting, sweaty rather)
Barbara
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> >And also a representation - as you very rightly suggest - of maternal
> >selflessness - Mum works herself to death? So inducing pangs of reader-
> >guilt.
>
> Yes. I'd be glad if people could supply some examples here. I'm afraid my
> memory s
There's a memory nagging at me which perhaps someone could identify? A
book
(Christie?) where an elderly lady is a murderess, possibly a multiple
murderess, so that she can get the funds to set up a teashop. At the end,
someone
comments how creepy (my word) it is to have a 'ladylike murdere
At 01:10 PM 11/10/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is Girls Own really the place for this Eleanor?
No. So why didn't you object to the person who needlessly brought it up in
the first place, rather than to my response?
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The Cherry Ames Page, http://www.cherryamespage.
In fairness to the poster of the Pullman article: Pullman is on-topic,
as he is an influential children's writer, so the article is of
interest to us. We have had discussions of Pullman before, and by
no means all of us agree with his views!
I disagree with most of Antonia Forest's political and
Woo hoo! I know this is off-topic but Edge of Reason opens today here in
Australia and my best friend and I are goging to see it tonight! I am very
excited as I have never seen a film on opening day! Just had to share. Thank
you! : )
Sandra (whose heart is palpitating at the thought of Colin Firth
Oddly enough, I found "When the Sirens Wailed" much more snobbish
in its attitude to working-class characters than "The Children of
Primrose Lane", even though it was written so much later. I think
it has good bits, but it's written too much from the outside.
"Primrose Lane" is no doubt an improb
Am packing up to move so a list of things I can bear to part with. Sorry
can only take sterling, cash or cheques postage extra
NickyW
GBP1.50 each, hb unless stated
Jane Shaw: Crew of the Belinda, Crooks Tour, Bernese Adventure, Susan's
Helping Hand, Susan Muddles Through, Susan Rushes in, Breto
Wet Colin AND wet Hugh? (Palpitations increasing!) I think I will definitely
enjoy!
San
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> Colin and Hugh get
I saw this at the weekend and thought it was marvellous. I know nothing
about Barrie or the true events that inspired the film but I really enjoyed
it. Johnny was of course fantastic, handsome and sensitive as ever! But
what impressed me most was the performance of the boy (Freddy Highmore I
th
> Kate, have we suggested before that it is time you thought about copying
the plays
> performed by the Chalet Girls? I'm sure your little darlings would love
the one about
> the Christmas Bells. And we would love to hear about them singing all
those obscure
> carols!
>
> Cheers
>
> Di
I think s
Kate said
"...but will be getting around to such places as
Sudbury, Lavenham and Bury St. Edmonds also. I've never been to any of
these places, so can anyone tell me if there are any interesting
bookshops..."
I was in B-S-E about 3 years ago, and there was one bookshop there - I can't
remember ex
That's interesting, Sue - I know the shop you mean in Southwold, having
been there camping (Southwold, not the shop!) a few times, but I've never found
anything remotely interesting, GO-wise, there. But it's obviously still worth
visiting whenever I can
Pam K
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There's a village called Westleton which has a huge second hand bookshop,
with a good pub opposite. The shop's in an old chapel, but it's not very
GO.
If you get over to the coast three's an antique shop in Southwold which has
a few books, up from the sea its on the left behind a basement caf
Some years ago, I wrote a table (in pencil!) in the front of
my pb copy of Little Women, documenting all the times
they cried.Counting "tears in eyes", there were
numerous instances.
Barbara
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Oh yes, yes, yes! Forgot all about it, but had a reread just a couple of
months ago and it just gets worse with each reread! DD is top of my reading
list in every possible way and I just wish more people read her. Luckily
I've a friend nearby who's also a fan so we can chat.
Rose
Cape Town
Sue
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>There's a memory nagging at me which perhaps someone could identify? A book
>(Christie?) where an elderly lady is a murderess, possibly a multiple
>murderess, so that she can get the funds to set up a teashop. At the end,
>
Shereen wrote:
Oh Natasha, take your hankies with you if you're intending to see it!! Yep,
Mr Llewellyn-Davies is out of the picture before the action begins, and yep,
the costumes are fab, though some of the sets aren't how I'd've imagined
them. Kensington Gardens looks very nice, though, and t
Hi
Does anyone have this in a word doc, as mine got lost when my computer
died!!
TIA
Cheers
Beth
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Amelia Bloomer was interested in dress reform as well as women's rights and
public activism for women. It was in 1852 that the temperance magazine she
edited ('The Lily') advocated and carried patterns for 'Turkish pantaloons',
which garment became known as 'bloomers' after her. They were usu
Natasha said...
> I read a fanfic on the Chaletian bulletin board about a Chalet Girl In
> Trouble last Sunday, and I cried at the end of that. It was very good, in
> case the author is on the list!
>
> http://fiction.chaletian.co.uk/all.php
Having read the same story, on foot of Natasha's recco
There was a brilliant TV series: J M Barrie & the Lost Boys, starring Ian
Holm as Barrie.
Based on the book by Andrew Birkin, which gives all the facts.
Susan wrote
I know nothing
about Barrie or the true events that inspired the film but I really enjoyed
it. Johnny was of course fantastic, hands
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