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Enid Blyton names

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Stokey · 01/03/2012 14:45

Thinking of different generational names, I was trying to remember some from Enid Blyton books

Came up with:
Malory Towers - Darrell, Sally, Gwendoline Mary (Lacey), Don't care Bobby (who I assume was a Roberta)

St Claires - Pat and Isabel, Claudine

Famous Five - George (ina), Anne, Julian, Dick

I also remember a Clarissa and Carlotta ( who I think was from the circus) but of course there are loads more.

Any suggestions ... and are they due a revival?

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Pearla · 02/03/2012 20:57

The mother in the Magic Faraway Tree books is Polly.

Not forgetting dear old Silky.

mybootsaremuddy · 02/03/2012 20:27

Didnt the Famous Five a friend called Sooty who had a pet monkey?..... Or was it the monkey that was called sooty?

BlueChampagne · 02/03/2012 15:23

Rory, Sheila, Benjy and Penny from Willow Farm

squoosh · 02/03/2012 14:47

In one of the Famous Five books they are sent skiing in Wales to recover from their bad colds (as good a reason as any).

Aside from the usuals there was a little barefoot shepherdess girl called Aily who couldn't speak English. And she had a pet lamb called Fanny. My that was a popular name with old EB.

I also remember a Tassie in another of her books.

CalicoCathy · 02/03/2012 14:11

They were always visiting farms . They are clearly very mysterious places.

Toby lived on a farm at Billycock Hill, but there was also Finniston Farm, with twins called Harry and Harriet, and an American boy called Junior, and Jock, who lived on a farm near a ghost train, if I remeber correctly.

TheCrunchUnderfoot · 02/03/2012 14:04

Who was the boy on the farm which the Famous Five visited - Toby?

Also one from 'Smuggler's Top'. Seem to recall they had a lot of schoolfriends who lived in particularly mystery-stricken locations

DELHI · 02/03/2012 14:00

Don't forget (Aunt) Fanny and (Uncle )Quentin

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Stokey · 02/03/2012 11:59

I'd forgotton about the adventure series enitrely - I loved those books. And agree with Dinah Rhubarbgarden, great name.

Not sure we're ready for a new generation of Fanny's, Dick's, Susan's, Pam's and Pat's

But some of the others have stood up pretty well

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SlinkingOutsideInFrocks · 02/03/2012 07:59

Love the name Mallory as well - so fresh and un-dated sounding.

The Family at Red Roofs - Molly, Peter, Michael, Shirley, Jenny, Jack, Prudence

The House at the Corner - John, Lucy, Pamela, Elizabeth/Lizzie, Tony, Delia, David, Greta, Michael, Grace (v old lady name in this book!)

Rhubarbgarden · 02/03/2012 07:44

Oh how much did I love the 'Adventure' series books! And I still love the name Dinah. Dh vetoed it though. Bah.

CalicoCathy · 02/03/2012 07:40

More FF ones - Edgar, Jennifer, Martin, Ailie, Jan, Jock, Henry, Henrietta, Harry, Harriet, William, Junior, Toby, Benny

DressTuckedInMeKnickers · 01/03/2012 22:14

I love the name Mallory, v v Enid Blyton.

mybootsaremuddy · 01/03/2012 21:49

MT: Darrell, Sally, Alicia, Belinda, Mary-Lou, Mavis, Betty, Katherine, Gwendoline, Violet, Emily, Clarissa, Ellen, June, Felicity, Daphne, Maureen, Josephine/Jo, Wilhelmina/Bill, Jean, Irene, Moira, Cathrine, Amanda, Suzanne, Pamela, Rita, Fanny, Doris, Molly, Susan, Janet, Bridget, Marilyn, Georgina, Eileen, Moira, Zerelda, Ruth, Connie.

SC: Pat, Isabel, Janet, Hilary, Doris, Margery, Kathleen, Sheila, Vera, Joan, Alison, Roberta/Bobby, Pamela, Prudence, Carlotta, Lucy, Sadie, Rachel, Fern, Mirabel, Gladys, Angela, Pauline, Amanda, susan, Felicity, Priscilla, Belinda, Rita, Erica, Tessie, Winifred, Anne-Marie, Violet, Dora, Daphne, Antoinette, Claudine.

Guess what my favorite books were

CalicoCathy · 01/03/2012 21:08

Peripheral characters in the Famous 5 - Jo, Berta, Richard, Nobby, Sniffer, Benjy, Guy, Nobby, Tinker, Wilfred, Pierre aka Sooty, Mary

hocuspontas · 01/03/2012 19:43

I didn't like Fatty. I had a crush on Pip.

sairygamp · 01/03/2012 19:42

There did seem to be a lot of fannies and Dicks in her books.

madaboutmadmen · 01/03/2012 19:40

they've changed Fanny to Frannie in more recent editions! Crap or what?

Janoschi · 01/03/2012 19:32

Wasn't there a Connie in Magic Faraway Tree? And who were the Secret Seven? Can't recall for the life of me.

DaenerysTargaryenButCallMeDany · 01/03/2012 19:06

Oooh I'd go for Dick

sairygamp · 01/03/2012 19:04

The 'Secret' Books: Nora, Jack, Peggy, Mike and Prince Paul!

sairygamp · 01/03/2012 19:02

'The Six Bad Boys' - her foray into 'serious' writing: Bob, Tom, Jeannie, Donald, Hilda, Eleanor, Fred, Len, Patrick and Jack I bloody love that book!

Anonymumous · 01/03/2012 18:57

Five Find Outers - EduStudent you missed out Larry and Daisy! (And it was Bets, not Betsy).

I feel that a nostalgic trip to the garage to find my childhood books coming on!

mrswoodentop · 01/03/2012 17:50

Naughty Amelia Jane is the one I always remember and Mr Pinkwhistle but I don't know what his christian name was .

squoosh · 01/03/2012 17:46

Oh and in one of my fave EB books The Boy Next Door there was Robin, Betty, Lucy and Kit the American boy who moves in 'next door' and is being held hostage by his evil tutor/housekeeper.

It's actually one of EB's better books with actual proper drama plus Betty and Kit are cool names no?

EduStudent · 01/03/2012 17:37

Malory Towers - Darrell, Gwendoline Mary, Mary-Lou, Alicia, Betty, Mavis, Zerelda, Bill (Wilhemina), Felicity, June, Daphne, Sally, Susan, Amanda, Moira, Jo, Deidre, Maureen, Suzanne, Irene, Catherine, Pat, Rita, Clarissa, Connie, Ruth, Eileen, Winnie, Georgina, Ellen, Jean

Naughtiest Girl - Elizabeth, Joan, Kathleen, Belinda, Arabella, Belinda, Fanny, Ruth, Rita, Eileen, Nora, William, Julian, Harry, John, Peter, Robert, Leonard

Famous Five - Julian, Dick, George, Anne, Timmy , Fanny, Quentin, Jo, Bertha

Five Find Outers - Fatty, Betsy, Ern, Pip... Can't remember the rest

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