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No she wasn't.
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my fav of hers were the adventuree series, castle of adventure, island, circus,eg, and a remember reading a book of hers as a 8/9 year old , tuppeney, feefo and jinks it was my fav , and i must have lost the book and for many years later i tried everywhere to get it, but noone had ever heard of this book, anyway went to dorset few years back and into corfe castle, and there in a little shop it was i was over the moon,
 and im in my 60s now. |
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I grew up with the Famous Five and it was Enid who (mostly) taught me to read
  This witch-hunt of her has been going on for decades by the who-know-who brigade   |
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'Small beer' Blyton banned by BBC - November 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8361056.stm June 2006 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-392400/Row-faster-George-The-PC-meddlers-chasing-us.html . Ban children’s books depicting traditional families: ‘gender stereotyping’ says EU report - December 2012 https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/more-pc-madness |
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i honestly didnt know about this witch hunt, she should have put some sex in her books and dinah and sally getting off together, and jack a right thug, and swearing then shed be more lauded
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i still take her books on hols with me
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sorry lucy not sally
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I can't get my new series of children's books published , jihadi janet and john.
Look at the bird jihadi John said janet, it is high in the sky jihadi janet said john. Look the bird is flying down said jihadi janet , see it fly john. That's not a bird jihadi janet said john, it's a drone. Oh sh!t said jihadi janet , Oh sh!t said hijack john. The end. |
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When Juicy Lucy met Saucy Sally, Eli?
Flush, superb! |
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Puerile
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Corbyn and McDonnell will want to burn the beautiful Enid Blyton books :( , they hate England !
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Millions of sensible British children were brought up on Enid Blyton books, by wonderful parents. That's something we can profoundly rejoice about.
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Maybe we should go back to the days of burning books . I know what one I'd start with
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Noddy was born in 1949 the same year as me
I had a happy childhood .with Noddy and Rupert the bear .and bill and Ben and Andy Pandy Theres no new nice models today to take the place of those I've mentioned I watched picture book on a Monday ,rag tag and bobtail on tuesday.andy pandy(with special guest star looby loo) on a wednesday .bill and Ben on Thursday and to top it off the wooden tops with daddy wooden top and mummy wooden top and baby wooden top and spot the dog wooden top The waltons tried to copy the wooden tops with a nice family but it was peaceful in the woodentops house .there was no guns lying about |
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Noddy was born in 1949 the same year as me
I had a happy childhood .with Noddy and Rupert the bear .and bill and Ben and Andy Pandy Theres no new nice models today to take the place of those I've mentioned I watched picture book on a Monday ,rag tag and bobtail on tuesday.andy pandy(with special guest star looby loo) on a wednesday .bill and Ben on Thursday and to top it off the wooden tops with daddy wooden top and mummy wooden top and baby wooden top and spot the dog wooden top The waltons tried to copy the wooden tops with a nice family but it was peaceful in the woodentops house .there was no guns lying about |
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this isn't exactly a new allegation. it was being made when i was a teenager and that was a very long time ago
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bigot
a person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions. We know who the real bigots are. |
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enid blyton books were changed in the 70s to remove all the potential racist stuff
seems odd to whine about it 40 odd years later plenty 60s editions of the books still kicking around. |
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The first thing people say about a dictatorship is they burn books
This is our equivalent. The only thing that needs to be done is to add a page to the inside of these books saying it reflects the ATTITUDES OF THE TIMES I really don't think Enid Blyton ever corrupted anybody  |
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yes uble, i watch a load of exellent old films on talking pictures and nearly all of them say that before the film.
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Surprised that Blyton's case for Royal Mint recognition hasn't been pushed today by the highly-respected (well, amongst Lefty Progressives) "Trans" community. The 'Georgina' character in the Famous Five books identified as a boy as I remember it.
How come Blyton isn't being lauded for pushing the idea (to impressionable children) even decades ago that girls can actually be boys? This is, after all pretty much State School educational policy these dark days. |
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They were called 'tom boys' then
We have always had them and always will That is a long way from saying girls can be boys.... The more we push this rubbish, the more it tells me the Muslims will win...all they have to do is stay the same Let children grow up naturally, make their own choices. |
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Indeed, George would have given you a black eye had you called her Georgina to her face, Alun!
Just stumbled across the RM story https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/enid-blyton-50p-coin-stopped-by-royal-mint-over-authors-racist-and-homophobic-views/ar-AAGotqb? . Madeley's quite correct and shame on whoever made this decision in the Mint. There needs to be a petition! |
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Change is coming, Mungo. We've been at (relative) peace for a very large amount of years now. Nothing stays the same forever
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Is that Wiltshire Plod?
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Landan
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'So therefore we can only commemorate those who had progressive views ahead of their time.'
Helen on the Daily Mail comment section sums it up rather well.. |
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I'm not usually on the side of the 'PC Brigade' but I can somewhat see their point here
"Once the three bold golliwogs, Golly, Woggie, and Ni**er, decided to go for a walk to Bumble-Bee Common. Golly wasn't quite ready so Woggie and Ni**er said they would start off without him, and Golly would catch them up as soon as he could. So off went Woggie and Ni**er, arm-in-arm, singing merrily their favourite song -- which, as you may guess, was Ten Little Ni**er Boys "  |
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Be only one Book the Beeb will want people reading ,Enid did not write it .
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we never used to have these issues
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Did Enid Blyton write that Tobermory?.
If she did it would have been acceptable at the time Have you any ideas what our values will be in 100 years time? Authors can only write for the time they are in. They cannot foresee what future attitudes will be. The best way of dealing with this is as they do on Talking Pictures TV Put a note in the book saying the book reflected the attitude of the times..... |
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Very sad but nobody dares go against the grain nowadays.
The things about liberals is that they aren't very liberal https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/enid-blyton-coin-50p-royal-mint-racist-sexist-homophobic-famous-five-secret-seven-good-morning-a9080176.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1566941149 |
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https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/6/7/106467_v1.jpg
She was ahead of her time. Carjacking by blacks, who'd have thunk it! |
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reading brer rabbitt now
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 ..you terrible person elisjohn |
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Should brer rabbit now be known as bro?
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Reverse racism in action.
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