Enid Blyton (40 page)
1967
The Wheel That Ran Away | Brockhampton |
The Three Sailors | Brockhampton |
The Kitten That Disappeared | Brockhampton |
Don’t Be Silly, Mr. Twiddle! | George Newnes |
Mr. Pink-Whistle Interferes | George Newnes |
Tuppeny, Feefo and Jinks | William Collins |
The Enid Blyton Book of Brownies | Dean |
The Enid Blyton Book of Fairies | Dean |
The Adventures of Binkle and Flip | Dean |
Noddy and Big-Ears | Sampson Low |
Noddy and His Passengers | Sampson Low |
Noddy and the Noah’s Ark Adventure Picture Book | Sampson Low |
Noddy Toyland ABC Picture Book | Sampson Low |
Noddy’s Aeroplane Picture Book | Sampson Low |
Noddy and the Magic Boots (Noddy’s Funny Kite) | Sampson Low |
Enid Blyton’s Bedtime Annual (1968) | World Distributors |
Enid Blyton’s Noddy | Purnell |
Enid Blyton’s Holiday Animal Stories | Sampson Low |
Enid Blyton’s Holiday Magic Stories | Sampson Low |
Enid Blyton’s Holiday Pixie Stories | Sampson Low |
Enid Blyton’s Holiday Toy Stories | Sampson Low |
Enid Blyton’s Bedside Book (Numbers Seven and Eight) | World Distributors |
My Enid Blyton’s Playtime Story Book (First-Fourth) | World Distributors |
Enid Blyton’s Read and Play Book – Sunny Stories | William Collins |
Enid Blyton’s Read and Play Book – Storytime Book | William Collins |
Enid Blyton’s Read and Play Book – Toyland Tales | William Collins |
Enid Blyton’s Read and Play Book – Bedtime Stories | William Collins |
1968
The Little Brown Bear | Brockhampton |
Tim Gets a Chance | Brockhampton |
Granny’s Lovely Necklace | Brockhampton |
Brownie Tales | William Collins |
Adventures on Willow Farm | William Collins |
The Three Golliwogs | Dean |
Hello, Mr. Twiddle! | Dean |
Well, Really, Mr. Twiddle! | Dean |
Enid Blyton’s Bedtime Annual (1969) | World Distributors |
Noddy’s ABC Pop-Up | Purnell |
Noddy Makes a Little Mistake | Purnell |
Where’s Your Hat, Noddy? | Purnell |
Enid Blyton’s Bedside Book (Numbers Nine and Ten) | World Distributors |
Enid Blyton’s Playtime Story Book (Numbers Five-Eight) | World Distributors |
My Enid Blyton Sunshine Reader (First and Second) | World Distributors |
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wo interesting aspects that resulted from the publication of my biography have been the meetings for the first time of Gillian* and Imogen with their half sister, Rosemary, daughter of Hugh and Ida Pollock, and many years later, with Flora Watson, granddaughter of Florence Delattre – the woman for whom Enid’s father, Thomas, had left his family.
When I first met Ida and Rosemary after Hugh’s death, Rosemary told me how much she would like to meet Gillian and Imogen for their father often spoke of them over the years. This led to a meeting and a firm friendship soon developed. Nowadays both Gillian and Imogen and their respective families keep in touch with both Ida and Rosemary and make regular visits to them at their Cornish home.
It was through a bright young researcher for a television programme based on Enid’s life that Flora was discovered and introduced to some of the members of the Blyton side of her family. She has since become great friends with them all and joined the Enid Blyton Society, attends its annual ‘day’ and has been able to produce her own family’s interesting story for the Society’s Journal. In addition to this she has been able to provide me with the following alternative piece to a particular part of my ‘jigsaw’, replacing what was believed to be the circumstances of Thomas’s death.
Although it was generally believed that his death was due to a heart attack while out fishing on the Thames, this was not so. According to Flora and this has been borne out by the death certificate, he suffered a stroke and died in an armchair at his Sunbury home where he was discovered by a shocked Florence. Why his brothers should have made up such a story is unknown, but as the family (particularly Enid’s mother, Theresa) had been so secretive over Thomas’s departure some ten years previously, it is easy to hazard a guess as to the embarrassment it could cause if the true whereabouts of his demise were to be made public. It is unlikely that Enid was ever told this sad story of how her beloved father had died.
* Gillian sadly passed away after a short illness in June 2007.