to keep the fabulous thing I found in the loft of rented property today?

[BalloonTwister]

It's a whole box of Enid Blyton books! Famous Five, St Claires, Mallory Towers, it's all here. Even the faraway tree! Only paperbacks, not much loved 1st editions or anything. What if they belong to my landlord though? (Wanders off down memory lane clutching a famous five book)

Happy Reading.

All my are long gone

I'd ask, the LL must know they're there.

Oh! My sister has lost a box of these at some point over the years in a move!! I guess you can keep and enjoy them and if they turn out to belong to the landlord, you can give them back!

I would a)read them all.

B) check to see if they appeared on the house inventory.

wrestle with my conscience about whether or not to keep them

You snooze, you lose. Finders, keepers and all that...

Oh I loved all of those books!

Read them and put them back when you have finished.

Since the box is sitting in the attic doing nothing I am sure your ll would not mind you having them. Ask and if he/she does get a bit sniffy offer him/her a fiver for them.

Do you rent the loft as well? A lot of houses don't include the loft for storage purposes. Personally I would say, read, look after and return in like condition when you leave. They are not yours so anything else would be theft.

Hmmm. I know previous tenant had a 3 year old boy, but by the yellowed pages they could have been up there YEARS.

I can't pinch them, i'll just read them. Pity dd is too young to appreciate them though. :(

I read and loved all those books as a child.

I have to say though that I read a Malory Towers book (my old fave) when I found it at a car boot sale.

And reading it as an adult just wasn't the same...in fact it spoiled my memory of it a bit because I found it to be reasonably shite

I had fond memories of being eager to get to bed at night to read the next chapter whilst munching an apple

I know exactly what is in the loft in the house we are letting.
It is actually out of bounds for the tenants, ie not mentioned in the rental agreement as part of what is at the tenants disposal.

Our rental property also has a loft, which is out of bounds for us. We respect that and dont go up there.

Dont steal the books!

Holy shit - I've just discovered Mallory Towers on Kindle.

I watched the comic strip version of the famous five the other night, five go mad on mescalin

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ARGH it's NOT REAL

We do rent the loft, and have been here over a year. Nothing else up there, and this box was tucked away behind the water tank, all sad and lonely and forgotten.

Will not steal the books, but can't resist a little trip to Kirrin, and may have to drop in to Mallory towers on the way back. (Being very careful not to mark the pages on my way of course)

Pinksomething has your sister ever lived in Kent

Oh no, Jareth that is a travesty :(

Recently re-read the Magic Faraway Tree and it was everything I remembered.

Books should be read and used and loved. Sad to think of them being hidden away.

Enjoy your trip down memory lane OP.

I feel a trip to the library coming on.

How fantastic. They'll be the proper old ones where Darrell actually slapped Gwedoline six times at the swimming pool, instead of the sanitised version where she just grabs her by the shoulders. And June will lose her ten shilling note from her knickers rather than her pocket. Fabulous.

BOF

Jareth PM me. I am on my mobile and can't figure out how to PM you.

Ooh, and it won't be expurgated of all the unintentional double-entendres either- Miss Potts will once again know Alicia's wild tongue and grow weary of it!