FabSwingers.com forum: Favourite childhood reads...

By *rtemisia OP Woman
over a year ago

Norwich

Spiker and Sponge, Cruella De'vil, Augustus Gloop; childhood baddies fondly remembered. What were your favourite reads as a kid?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Matilda was my favourite Roald Dahl book. Though I loved them all.

The Hobbit inspired my love of fantasy books. I still try to read it once a year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The lion the witch and the wardrobe by C.S.Lewis

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton is and always will be my favourite book. I read it again a couple of years ago and it was just as fabulous as I remembered.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

Georges Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl was my first favourite...i read it repeatedly till the book fell apart.

Then it was Little Women.

I still re read them and never tire of them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alice in wonderland was my favourite book as a child

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Still love all the roald dahl books at 33 i got the audio book collection in my car (how sad is that lol) favorites have to be boy or danny champion of the world

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

Hobbit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Alice in wonderland was my favourite book as a child "

Can't believe I forgot Alice in Wonderland.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hobbit"

I still haven't managed to read that book. I've started it many times.....each time forcing myself to read it...but i just found it hard going!

I loved Tom Sawyer and huckleberry finn....and i was addicted to Enid blyton famous five

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By *herbert fountainWoman
over a year ago

Hanley

I was pretty much addicted to anything Enid Blyton from a very young age. Then a few years later I discovered the Narnia books and fell in love.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Tales of King Arthur , Robin Hood , Swallows and Amazons.

Always loved adventure books

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Roald Dahl & Enid Blyton, then later on JK Rowling & Jacqueline Wilson.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Famous five, secret seven, then things like black beauty, anne of green gables, little women, water babies, then the st clares and mallory towers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hobbit

I still haven't managed to read that book. I've started it many times.....each time forcing myself to read it...but i just found it hard going!

I loved Tom Sawyer and huckleberry finn....and i was addicted to Enid blyton famous five

Lol you can't say the hobbit is hard going if you have tom and huck finn. I read all the time and have read all sorts but I read the hobbit and Lord of the rings every year, always start around November December to bring christmas in.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Oh yes, tom sawyer, huckleberry finn and swallows and amazons.

Nancy drew and the hardy boys

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By *hropscouple27Couple
over a year ago

Sth Staffs

I used to love the chose your own adventure/fighting fantasy books by Ian Livingstone & Steve Jackson.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved the twits

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By *illy_gossyMan
over a year ago

Gosforth Newcastle

Mums Grattan catalogue, the underwear section

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bobby Brewster although now it'd be Boris Benefit lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had an obsession with native Americans (Indians)

I knew all the tribes their territories and their rituals.

I devoured loads of books about them and did projects about them at school.

I was a very strange child.

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By *GHertsCouple
over a year ago

North Herts

Famous Five and Secret Seven here too...also a book called (I think) The Silver Sword about young refugees during the war. Tried stuff like Jennings, Biggles and Just William but didn't really like them.

Mr G

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i loved heidi -

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By *ucyfur77Woman
over a year ago

Pleasuretown

Has to be The Hobbit, illustrated of course

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Penthouse and fiesta from my dads secret stash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Penthouse and fiesta from my dads secret stash

haha i remember findng 'fanny hill' in my dads wardrobe once - i was like

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Famous Five and Secret Seven here too...also a book called (I think) The Silver Sword about young refugees during the war. Tried stuff like Jennings, Biggles and Just William but didn't really like them.

Mr G"

I remember The Silver Sword, my teacher read it to my class when I was in Year 5. I totally forgot about it until you mentioned it then

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

Weirdstone of Brisingamen and Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner, started the fantasy interest.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Emil and the Detectives...not read it in years and this thread reminded me of it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I adored the Redwall Trilogy by Brian Jacques and after googling it just found out he carried on the series and there are LOADS more books!

I know what I'm buying for the kids this Christmas!!

Mrs x

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Im loving this thread, so many id forgotten about

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Brer rabbit books when i was very young

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton is and always will be my favourite book. I read it again a couple of years ago and it was just as fabulous as I remembered.

I used to read those, moon face, the mad woman that used to chuck water the tree!

I like tuppeny fifo and jinx as well!

I read most Enid blyton books, Dahl, Beatrix Potter, even went to her house, it was made into a shop I think, I was only small when I went there.

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By *GHertsCouple
over a year ago

North Herts

Mr G

I remember The Silver Sword, my teacher read it to my class when I was in Year 5. I totally forgot about it until you mentioned it then

Funnily enough I'd forgotten it until my daughter came home with it a few years back!!

Mr G

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black beauty

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

chalet school books

famous five

mallory towers

st clares

childern of the new forest

heidi

pippi longstocking

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

Charlotte's Web

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Enormous Crocodile when I was really little.

When I was about 9 I used to binge read the Redwall series and the Deptford Mice books. Also loved the Hobbit and LOTR. From about 12 I was all about the Bronte's.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Close second, The Wishing Chair.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Myself and my friend were talking about the books we read as kids just a few days ago.

As young, young kids we used to love going into the shop to look on the spinning carousel for a new ladybird book once we'd graduated on from the Mr.Men ones.

Can anybody remember the 1970's school book series for infant/junior school children with the characters including Jennifer yellow hat.. And any of the other characters??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stig of the dump, and lord of the flies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Enid Blyton and R.L Stine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All of the above. I was a prolific reader as soon as I learnt how. I always had my nose in a book.

The Anne of Green Gables series was a firm favourite too. Oh Gilbert!

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

The Hobbit, The Borribles, The Borrowers, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, What Katy Did, The Belgariad, various Enid Blytons, Lewis Carroll, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Alison Uttley. Plus loads and loads of others. I loved reading and still do. I had a book read to me in jest this week; it was oddly sexy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Update...

Just popped into my local favourite secondhand book shop looking for some Dahl & Blyton... came away with The Twits & a tattered copy of James & The Giant Peach and Twilight & Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson.

As I r adult

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Enid Blyton and R.L Stine"

Oh gosh yes R.L Stein was brilliant

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Heidi, Little Women and What Katy Did

And the Bunty comic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Enid Blyton was a firm favourite, followed by C.S Lewis.

As I got older, secondary school age, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bronte Sisters... Still re read these today.

Bibliophile.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Enid Blyton was a firm favourite, followed by C.S Lewis.

As I got older, secondary school age, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bronte Sisters... Still re read these today.

Bibliophile.

It had to be Judy Blume when i was at secondary school!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Enid Blyton was a firm favourite, followed by C.S Lewis.

As I got older, secondary school age, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bronte Sisters... Still re read these today.

Bibliophile.

It had to be Judy Blume when i was at secondary school!"

Or was it junior school?....my memory isn't what it used to be...too much reading!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton.

My first favourite book was one called Pongwiffy! I was obsessed with books about witches

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Roald Dahl

goosebumps books were great, used to get one a week from the school library

Asterix and obelisk comic

Beano

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By *he-Hosiery-GentMan
over a year ago

Older Hot Bearded Guy

Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton & C. S. Lewis

Others:

Watership Down

Swallows & Amazons

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