FabSwingers.com forum: Do you remember your favourite childhood book?

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

I do. I read it back when I was a teen in sweden and not for now I am reading it again, it is called berts betraktelser and it is written as a diary like day for day what he did everyday, it is fun

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

Where the wild things or summat like that

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By *eplicant JoWoman
over a year ago

Sussex countryside

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Closely followed by The Hobbit

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Heidi was my favourite.

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

I think it was called the menyms

It was about this family of doll/ puppet things that were alive

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By *ed PetalCouple
over a year ago

Kent

I liked all the books. Genuinely had no favourite. I was a proper bookworm. Still am when kids & life allow.

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

Yes. Fantastic Mr Fox, by Roald Dahl. I re-read it a couple years ago. May have to give it another perusal sooner rather than later

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

I read loads and still do! But has to be anything by Raymond Briggs.

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By *yrdsisWoman
over a year ago

Gleam Street

Famous Five then I was introduced to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings

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

The Farwaway Tree I think it was called - Enid Blyton

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

Mallory towers was always a favourite with me, then when I became a teenager that Judy Blume book..ladies you know the one with Ralph!! And Moses beech, I read it at school and bought it a few years ago and loved it again!

Danish x

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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

"Heidi was my favourite. "

Oh mine was Heidi too. And I loved the film with Shirley Temple too.

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

Chicken Licken. Had a stack of ladybird books.

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

Loved The little vampire and The magic faraway tree

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

George's Marvellous Medicine, I wanted to mix together everything in my house to try and make it

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By *abrielle247Couple (FF)
over a year ago

PDI Gran Canaria

"The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Closely followed by The Hobbit"

Exactly the same and the moon of Gomrath.

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

stig of the dump

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

The world around the corner by Maurice Gee. I'm amazed I can remember that......

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

"George's Marvellous Medicine, I wanted to mix together everything in my house to try and make it

Ah, what a book! I couldn't possibly pick my all time favourite Roald Dahl book because I loved them all.

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

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4

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By *kblueeyesCouple
over a year ago

kilkenny

Most of enid blyton always wanted adventures

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

Just William!!

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

I had three favourites that I couldn’t put down and re read so many times. Loved “The Hobbit”, “Plague Dogs” by Richard Adams, and a book called “Brother in the Land” by Robert Swindells. Was a major book worm, still am, and still have these books x Viv

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By *eplicant JoWoman
over a year ago

Sussex countryside

"The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Closely followed by The Hobbit

Exactly the same and the moon of Gomrath.

Yep

I still have mine

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By *onygirlieWoman
over a year ago

Leicestershire

Anything Enid Blyton, all the Jill pony books and my all time favourite was Flambards.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Also liked The Wishing Chair.

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By *inn2000Woman
over a year ago

belfast

"The Farwaway Tree I think it was called - Enid Blyton "

This

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

Biggles.

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

"Where the wild things or summat like that"

The night Max made mischief of a different kind!

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

Mine was any Famous Five book.

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

Treasure island - Robert Louis Stevenson.

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By *.D.I.D.A.SMan
over a year ago

London/Essex... ish... Romford to be exact

Enid Blyton too. Also Reader's Wives.

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

"The Farwaway Tree I think it was called - Enid Blyton "

Oh she also wrote the magic wishing chair

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

Children of the new forest by captain marriott

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By *uzukiNo1Woman
over a year ago

Rhyl

Tarka the otter....

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By *ristolcouple21Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

Flat Stanley! Can’t remember who wrote it though!

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

My naughty little sister I was always reminded it was me

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

"Heidi was my favourite. "

This too

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

The secret 7 , The famous five , and later the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings .

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

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

I loved to read when I was a child. Think one of my favourite books was Tuppeny, Feefo and Jinks, closely followed by the faraway tree books.

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

"George's Marvellous Medicine, I wanted to mix together everything in my house to try and make it

Ah, what a book! I couldn't possibly pick my all time favourite Roald Dahl book because I loved them all. "

Never read the book but enjoyed it when Rik Mayall read it out on Jacanory.

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

Good choices everyone

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Proper old school Thomas the tank engine

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

Magic wishing chair..I think it's called... by Enid blyton.. and the faraway tree

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

The Twits

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

Is a difficult one, I was a bit odd as a teen and inlived autobiographies and biographies, historical diaries etc. But if we are being normal then Lord of the Rings has me gripped time and time again ??

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By *_Yeah19Couple
over a year ago

Lincoln

"The Farwaway Tree I think it was called - Enid Blyton

This

Me too, Moon Face, Dame Washalot et al

Also other Enid Blyton ones like Mallory Towers and Naughtiest Girl, with Sweey Valley High and Babysitters Club as I got older.

My daughter is eventually getting into enjoying reading so hopefully she’ll give some of those a go too.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Cant remember the name of it , but it was a big purple book with lots of small stories and poems in it . Cant remember what happened to it but I recall loving the book to the point of addiction . I so wish I could find it or remember the name

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

How childhood are we talking (teenage years would have been of Mice and men) primary school would be a book called The Siege of Cobb Street School

Doughnut

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

At the risk of becoming public enemy no 1, I never understood the popularity of Enid Blyton. The Noddy books - the original ones with gay curtains, and Noddy and Big Ears sharing a bed - were great as a kid, but nothing beyond Noddy interested me.

Please don't be cruel.......

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"At the risk of becoming public enemy no 1, I never understood the popularity of Enid Blyton. The Noddy books - the original ones with gay curtains, and Noddy and Big Ears sharing a bed - were great as a kid, but nothing beyond Noddy interested me.

Please don't be cruel......."
What . Heathen. I give you the Famous Five

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

In a dark dark house skellingtons live dunno the name

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

Please don't be cruel....... What . Heathen. I give you the Famous Five

Julian, Anne, Dick, Georgie and Timmy the dog? Did I get that right? All utterly boring - all of them.

But anyway, thank you - I was expecting far worse than 'heathen'. I'm honestly a nice person. Honest.....

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

Anything by Roald Dahl

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

Teacher used to read out "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn".each Friday.( no internet in them days)

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

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Wish I had never watched the films though because I cannot picture them now without seeing the actors faces.

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

"Teacher used to read out "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn".each Friday.( no internet in them days)"

"Swallows and Amazons" when I was at school

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

The Silver Sword.

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By *edkent69Man
over a year ago

maidstone

Definitely enjoyed The Famous Five, amongst others.

Also a series of books about a schoolboy, Jennings. Used to get them from the school library. Along with Asterix books, and also a cowboy called Lucky Luke. Think they were written by one the Asterix authors.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Please don't be cruel....... What . Heathen. I give you the Famous Five

Julian, Anne, Dick, Georgie and Timmy the dog? Did I get that right? All utterly boring - all of them.

But anyway, thank you - I was expecting far worse than 'heathen'. I'm honestly a nice person. Honest....."
I'll let you off for a bacon sarnie

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

I can remember Rik Mayall reading it on Jakanory too. He was wonderful.

Also Elaine Stritch reading Charlie and the chocolate factory.

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

Paddington Bear ...and his made up stories.

The Bible..and its made up stories

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