General Chat

I remember one called 'Old Chairs To Mend' I read it several times. A lovely story but I can't remember who wrote it but I would have read it in about 1969/70. Another one was bought for me one Christmas around the same time. It was a huge compilation of children's stories. I think it was called 'The Encyclopaedia of Children's Literature' or 'Children's Treasury of Literature' circa 1970 it had a beautiful colourful jacket and lovely illustrations. I had it until not so long ago, even my children read it. It has now disappeared and I can't remember the publisher. I used to work in a bookshop and searched for it there but I have a sneaky suspicion it is sadly now out of print. Any ideas?

chronicles of narnia was my fave, im now reading them to my daughter and my baby. fantastic! i had a collins childrens encyclopedia?

Hobsons Choice!! We had to read chapters bit by bit in our english lessons, I took my book home read the whole thing that night and then reread when in class.

i was given a copy of james Herbert's 'the rats' for my 9th or 10th birthday. the main reason i remember is that it had a very naughty rude bit half way through that i read, (several million times!) lol!

The Lion the witch & the wardrobe, Of mice & Men,Charlotte's Web many more were read but those three stick in my memory.

....not a favourite...but Janet and John I will never forget...had a teacher Miss O'Hart who made me read this book over and over when I was about 6 'cos she couldn't cope with the fact that I could read as Mum had taught me before I started school!! God she was mean to me...will never forget her!! I hope she never had kids she was a hard beggar! She had the kind of stare that would root you to the spot! lol Sorry to go off the thread a bit..... Nanna-Moo ;-)))

good god her name wasnt Gwynne was it with a stare like that *runs off and hides very quickly* xxL:ynnxx

Middlemarch by George Eliot but i an from where she was born, so it was more interesting i soppose xxLynnxx

Charlottes Web was my daughters fav book when she was little too Heather! Nanna-Moo ;-)

Please Miss Gwynne, Lynn said.....lol Nanna-Moo ;-))

Gaynor - don't know if this is the one you mean. It is part of the Mother Goose series of nursery rhymes. I found it cos I have an ancestor who was a chair bottomer. The nursery rhyme 'Old chairs to mend' reflects the street cry of the chair bottomer. This cry would have been heard every day in the town streets of the 1700 and 1800's. The chair mender would carry with him the materials required to mend the bottoms or backs of chairs such as rush, splint, rope or cord. A nursery rhyme that commemorates an ordinary common job which would surely be lost in time if it were not for the humble Nursery rhyme. Old Chairs to Mend Old chairs to mend Old chairs to mend; If I'd as much money As I could spend, I never would cry 'Old chairs to mend' T.O.R. ;>))

I remember vividly being read The Hobbit, by my teacher at school aged 9. i thought it was fantastic then.. and still do. Another book i loved was Enid Blytons The magic faraway tree.. i used to wish there was a tree like that in my garden, and i could be whisked away to the land of sweets.... I also saved my pocket money up each week and bought the Jilly series.. horsey books about a girl called Jilly ( obvious lol) who had a horse and belonged to a riding club... the only title i can remember now was jilly's Gymkhana...

Lorna Doone,,,,,,,,gawd that was a long time ago What Katy Did Heidi Black Beauty Secret Garden

I read anything I could get my hands on, but favourites would include Charlie and the chocolate factory Elidor/Owl service/Weirdstone of Brisingamen (sp?) Chronicles of Narnia The Hobbit Watership Down and Stig of the dump ! lol I also seem to remember a book called the silver sword ?

I too read, What Katy did and What Katy did next. Black Beauty. Heidi All the Secret Seven and Famous Five by Enid Blyton. In secondry school I remember reading Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee, boooorrring!!! but I also read Kes, fantastic book but cannot remember who wrote it! Tricia

Hiya Gaynor, When I was in primary school, age 9/10, our teacher, Miss Rimmer, held up 2 books and asked the class to vote on which one she would read to us. As there were more boys than girls, the decision was made that it would be Reach for the Sky by Douglas Bader. Groans from the girls. Oddly enough, I loved it and was delighted when the book was turned into a film....starring Kenneth More in the title role.

Janet and John and Tip and Mitten must have been the first books we had. Junior school I remember the lion witch and the wardrobe Worzel Gummidge and a story about a girl called perdita. Cant remember what that book was called maybe just Perdita

Definitely Heidi and The Secret Garden were my favourites. Still love them lol. Mary

I remember being read to from the Enid Blyton Five Adventure series at school (can't remember what age but I had also read them myself), also one of my very favourites was, like Em, the Magic Faraway Tree. also liked Black Beauty, the Abbey girls series, The Katy books, Ann of Green Gables, Secret seven, Was it the Chalet School?, The Family at Red Roofs. The Arthur Ransome series. Acctually most books I could lay my hands on but, except for the Five Adventure books don't remember any of them being read at school. Ann Glos

The first 'grown up' book I read in school was 'The Red Pony and other stories' by John Steinbeck. Closely followed by all the John Wyndham books (Day of the triffids etc) maggie