If the Famous Five's antics had come to the ears of angry MNers.....

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Timmy the dog would have been shot by a farmer, the fucker was NEVER on a lead and always chasing shit

They would all have been grossly obese/heading for T2 diabetes with all that ice cream and ginger cake and suchlike

Mother and Daddy would have had social services on the doorstep, letting kids that age gallivant about the countryside causing havoc and camping here there and everywhere

There would definitely have been multiple threads about George's gender identity and posters worried about the Tavistock getting their claws into her

Anne needs assertiveness training and the boys need to learn to fucking cook and make their own beds

Any more?

@stampsurprise
TARTAN picnic rug?! That is cultural appropriation
Oops. I will ask MNHQ to amend my post immediately to "generic, inoffensive picnic rug."

Although perhaps IABU to expect children to sit on the ground? Hmm, maybe camping stools hand-whittled out of sustainable wood might be better? Also, expecting children to carry all that food is a bit much? And how will they keep the potted meat & jelly cold? Maybe some cold-packs in an insulated Kath Kidston lunch bag?

Oh, this is such a minefield!

In the Secret Seven the children discover Bill Smugs living in a fishing shack. Bill takes them boating and for trips in his shiny car. But they all agree to not tell their parents due to the secrecy of his job.

TBH, The Famous Five are snowflakes compared to the likes of Pippi Longstocking. Now that was a child who fell through the net!

@GammyLeg

In the Secret Seven the children discover Bill Smugs living in a fishing shack. Bill takes them boating and for trips in his shiny car. But they all agree to not tell their parents due to the secrecy of his job.

Isn't Bill Smugs from the Adventure books (Valley of Adventure etc)?

[quote TheOrchidKiller]@stampsurprise
TARTAN picnic rug?! That is cultural appropriation
Oops. I will ask MNHQ to amend my post immediately to "generic, inoffensive picnic rug."

Although perhaps IABU to expect children to sit on the ground? Hmm, maybe camping stools hand-whittled out of sustainable wood might be better? Also, expecting children to carry all that food is a bit much? And how will they keep the potted meat & jelly cold? Maybe some cold-packs in an insulated Kath Kidston lunch bag?

Oh, this is such a minefield![/quote]
It certainly is a minefield😂😂😂😂

Laughing at OrchidKiller MN food threads ripping their packet lunches to shreds.

Always out in the woods unsupervised.

I remember in one story they came back with a handkerchief (embroidered with the letter E) and a cigarette packet.

Yuk. No anti bac wipes??

Spoiler alert - the handkerchief was significant

I've been watching the 1970s television series on YouTube. I wasn't born in the 70s so wouldn't remember it but it's really good.

I love a packed lunch thread!

I much prefer the Swallows and Amazons. They're not duffers, so none drowned despite the lack of buoyancy aids and Roger not being able to swim to begin with. They ate proper cooked food... ok, so Susan and Peggy had to do too much of the cooking and planning but the others had to pitch in.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdKP5Y6-5U

Five go mad in Dorset!

They would have been stabbed by now for being stuck up and superior to the wrong person, so we'd all be mourning their tragic deaths (and blaming their parents and SS for not intervening in UMC homes even in cases of such extreme neglect).

@MissLucyEyelesbarrow yes you’re right. But it’s the same storyline in every Blyton “adventure” type book anyway!

In the Secret Seven:

• There would be outrage at the way Susie (who I think went on to become head of a spy agency) is bullied. Lots of “talk to the school”.
• Peter would be diagnosed as a sociopath.