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Oooohh yes... St Trinian's !!! and ... Amelia Jane !!! The book 'Old Chairs To Mend' was a book about some children and a chair mender. Not actually a Nursery Rhyme. Sadly I can't remember much about the story but I know I loved it, it was one of the first more grown up books (about half an inch thick and with not so many pictures in) that I read when I was about 8 or 9, I can still see the front cover of the book now in the school library.

my favourites were Black Beauty. The What Katy Did series, The Secret Garden, The Borrowers, Wind in the Willows,The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, my absolute favourite- Bellmann the Beagle, Born Free and all time favourites always to be re read David Copperfield and Jane Eyre.

The Wizard of Oz. 'Miss' read this to us on a Friday afternoon - I loved it and couldn't wait for fridays to come round! The next year, the teacher read us Bevis and Mark.....boooooooring boring. Loved the Faraway Tree, all the Enid Blytons, and the Andrew Lang 'Red Book of Fairy Tales' - scary stuff which had my eyes popping out. OC

The story about the girls at boarding school --can`t remember the name, Ros

Silver Sword Stig of the Dump Milly Molly Mandy Mrs Pepperpot Secret Seven

ooh, what a lovely thread! but I have to go offline, packing & sorting for the xmas trip norf tomorrow. Loved Blyton, Hobbit, fairy tales etc. Have a good xmas everyone! xx Jen

Being fairly ancient - Milly Molly Mandy. These were reprinted a few years ago. Anne

mary, i too loved the secret garden, one of my favourties, and all the famous five books

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 ?

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

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...

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. ;>))

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

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