tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post7553533415556266755..comments2024-01-05T06:22:43.015+00:00Comments on Rocking Chair Reflections: A jaunt down memory lane.......Lindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141761866483224572noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-79274250374980785142011-06-19T09:06:26.811+01:002011-06-19T09:06:26.811+01:00I adored the Chalet School, and over the years hav...I adored the Chalet School, and over the years have collected pretty much the entire set (I think I may be missing one?). If you ever need a Chalet School fix, you are welcome to borrow a pile!The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139740404665123205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-19873887243481731632011-06-17T01:43:52.344+01:002011-06-17T01:43:52.344+01:00Oh what fun...enjoyed your memories. Thanks for s...Oh what fun...enjoyed your memories. Thanks for sharing. Enid Blyton was one of my absolute all time favorite authors as a child - Secret Seven, Famous Five, the Mallory Towers books as well as the ones with the magic tree, the gnomes and all. I was a bookworm as well - read my way across the states until I started getting carsick. Anyway...thanks for sharing.Edithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904025280425788514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-30087143408420568402011-06-16T22:10:36.320+01:002011-06-16T22:10:36.320+01:00Such wonderful memories. I'm planning to post...Such wonderful memories. I'm planning to post some more of mine in the near future - my nieces love it when I do that. <br /><br />My dad had definite ideas about what was okay to read, too. In fact, he still thinks fiction is a waste of time - what fun he is missing out on! <br /><br />I have 3 sets of books I bought from my past - Sue Barton (nurse), Anne of Green Gables, and Beany Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938607712512860569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-13859366423171469052011-06-15T18:29:21.329+01:002011-06-15T18:29:21.329+01:00You have a very good memory for things from your c...You have a very good memory for things from your childhood. You always spark me to think back! I never had a Barbie but I had a record player. I remember my friend in grade 9 wanting to buy me a 45 titled "Bottle of Wine" which was on the hit charts then - and my Mom vetoed it! She had strict ideas about what her firstborn would and would not experience. Thanks for the memories, Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273314911940422824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-4815346681985886652011-06-15T14:58:59.616+01:002011-06-15T14:58:59.616+01:00What fun memories!!!! I chuckled at your road tri...What fun memories!!!! I chuckled at your road trip with your dad telling you to look at the scenery. My folks always did that, we did the same thing and now I hear my own children repeating it to their children. It must be a "parent" thing to do. <br /><br />At least we used to get some exercise when we watched television because there were no remote controls!!!Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-83498854045051196912011-06-15T13:30:03.790+01:002011-06-15T13:30:03.790+01:00I bought loads of the Chalet school books for my d...I bought loads of the Chalet school books for my daughters - very dated, but they loved them - and I got them all at £1 each second hand from Amazon. I always had a special affiliation with the Chalet school because the author, Eleanor M. Brent-Dyer went to my school - which surprisingly wasn't a boarding school in the Alps, but a girls' school in Newcastle!!!Helen in Switzerlandhttp://www.runquiltknitwrite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-778314626603691352011-06-15T12:58:44.160+01:002011-06-15T12:58:44.160+01:00Yes, it has been fun even when I had question mark...Yes, it has been fun even when I had question marks floating above my head for lack of knowing what you were talking about. Still, there was enough there to connect with that I smiled often. I had a dad something like your own. Hated my reading, reading, reading all the time. Said when I went into teaching that I was making the biggest mistake of my life...said that about my marriage...about Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15437418.post-6845348088201832772011-06-15T12:50:10.121+01:002011-06-15T12:50:10.121+01:00I loved the Bunty comics. And The Chalet school bo...I loved the Bunty comics. And The Chalet school books were fantastic although it took me years to find out what treacle was...Stripeyspotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921205518172694054noreply@blogger.com