To start a new term at the Chalet School?

[Vintagejazz]

Happy for this to be moved to Chat if posters agree but thought I'd start it here as this is where we've all been loitering without permission when we should be doing our housework homework.

So welcome to a new term everyone. Cases upstairs to the dormitories, form lists on the notice board. And you'll all be pleased to hear that even though we've moved to a different location, Joey has tracked us - -down moved in next door, so we'll still be seeing too much-- plenty of her

Next you'll be saying that there's no Bettany/Maynard person in a position of responsibility. I'm afraid I just don't believe you

Absolutely loving this thread - I only discovered chalet school books last year and am now on number 12 - the new house at the chalet school. Was worried in a previous book when Jem tells Joey that Madge has had Sybil and Joey had not realised that Madge was pregnant despite having visited a month previously and Joey must have been 16-17 at the time. Pregnancy never gets mentioned.
Other favourite comment was when they were commenting about Gisela with her baby and it only being a few years since she left chalet school - the response being - well she is 22 - incredibly old in those days.
Myself bit worried that I am leaving this term with no sign of a betrothal yet!

Never mind Ruebarb I think you're Sport's Captain aren't you? We'll just invite a eligible young gentleman to come and present the prizes, and I'm sure we'll be able to sort you.

Which would you prefer: a doctor or a member of the nobility?

I belong to FOCS too...

Why choose?! dewee it's got to be Herr Noble Doktor the Baron von Mimesfeld

I have a brother Ruebarb who's in his final year studying medicine. If you would like to come and visit during the hols I'm sure he would fall for you and propose almost immediately.

think I will go for a doctor - guaranteed loads of children and then all the girls can become pupils at the chalet school

LOL at Sports captain - I think I am more likely to become stationery prefect!

Ok it's time to out myself (Miss Annersley) ... I hope you all realise I'm in a long term relationship with Bill, otherwise known as Miss Wilson. It was very stressful for her when I got into an accident recently and she thought she'd lose her secret life partner.

Also, thought the relationship between Jacynth and Gay (!!!) from China was fairly obviously lesbian, just me?!

I was reading Carola Storms last week and one para started "Bill and Miss Annersley had been hard at it all morning." I'm afraid I sniggered like a naughty Middle.

I've just finished Chalet School Fete. Awful book. The only interesting thing was Beth Chester being all coy and secretive about who she was engaged to. And then they didn't bloody tell us at the end of the book. Who did she marry does anyone know?

I think she marries one of the Willoughbys who are in Seven Scamps, but I might be wrong

By the way, we've been frightfully worried about my older sister Diane. You remember, she left St Mildred's at Christmas. Well, she's almost 19 and there hasn't been a sign of a potential husband. Mummy was getting most dreadfully concerned. All Diane seemed to want to do was spend her time with the Jeffries across the road. Mrs Jeffries is terribly delicate and spends a lot of time in a nursing home so Mr Jeffries is on his own a lot. Diane has been terribly good and kind about helping him with the children. She's always over there, morning, noon and night. Even when the children went to stay with their aunt for a couple of nights Diane went over constantly to make sure that their beds were being aired properly and their clothes were being laundered and Mr Jeffries was eating properly so he'd be full of beans when the children returned. It's lovely of her but, as mummy said, she's not getting any younger and she's never going to fall in love by hanging around the neighbours' house.

So anyway, we asked Aunty Joey to have a word. And of course, she got to the bottom of it immediately. She said she got suspicious when she saw how Diane blushed and seemed a bit flustered everytime the Jeffries were mentioned. So she did a bit of checking up and, would you believe it, Mr Jeffries has a younger brother who's just qualified as a doctor. He works in Scotland so Diane has never met him but Aunty Joey thinks that Diane has probably seen his photograph on top of the piano and has been mooning over him. She's pretty sure when he comes to visit and sees Diane he'll be very taken with how lovely she is and propose within days.
So we're all very relieved now. Trust Aunty Joey to find out what's really going on. She's so clever, and really understands girls.

Oh how reassuring Vintagejazz. Aunty Joey really does understand girls. That is why I am so happy that she and Uncle Jack are my guardians. I'm sure when I come of age they will find an ideal doctor for me

thanks vintagejazz - definitely will be round during the hols - I mean I am nearly 18 and don't want to end up 'on the shelf' - I might even have to work - perhaps become a teacher at CS - no qualifications necessary!

Oh that is good news Vintage. I remember your sister Diane. She was one of the best head girls we ever had - well, after Joey and Gisela and Robin and Beth Chester and Peggy Bettany and Julie Lucy and.......

Chalet school Fete is one where I really want to murder Joey... The point where Miss Annersley says to her "we all want to say what an act of genius your idea for the sale is."
IT WAS NOT JOEY'S IDEA!!!

And Joey just says "I thought you'd think that."

Why couldn't she have said "it was actually whoever's idea" or if it was important to EBD to have Joey have the idea, then why didn't she write it.

I would quite like a story where Joey finds herself outdone....

I always thought they were talking about her idea of tilting at the ring (or whatever that game they were going to do with bikes but did with skates in the end...) However, it is a while since I read the book.....

Chalet school Fete was originally part of A Genius at the Chalet School but Armada decided, for some reason, to split it into two books. Neither one is anything special, but 'Fete' is pretty abysmal and doesn't really hang together as a story in its own right at all.
Yes, the whole thing about Beth Chester was really annoying. Also the incident where they met Winnie Embury who hadn't seen any of them in years and years and years but immediately started issuing invitations to all and sundry to come and stay with her; was hugely interested in what Joey was doing (of course) and then turned out to be some distant relation of Nina's (of course).
I'd actually give my copy away to the charity shop only I'd hate it to be someone's first introduction to the Chalet series.

Beth Chester marries a doctor, I think. His name is something like Michael Mackenzie, but it's barely mentioned. I can't remember which book it comes in.

DeWee, I would like a story where Mary-Lou does 'rise', and no one can say 'you have to get up very early in the morning to catch out our one and only Mary-Lou! In fact I advise you not to go to bed at all!'

Can I quietly tiptoe in and beg for the transcripts?
Aside from my (very) battered copies of The School, Jo, Princess, Eustacia and In Camp, it's been years and years since I've read a Chalet School book.

I want to ji

Can I quietly tiptoe in and beg for the transcripts?
Aside from my (very) battered copies of The School, Jo, Princess, Eustacia and In Camp, it's been years and years since I've read a Chalet School book.

I want to join in these threads, but my memory isn't good enough and the GGB prints are too expensive.

I have some vague memory of someone saying Beth Chester would end up as Aunt to Blossom Willoughby and asking if she would call her Auntie. That means she must either marry one of Rosamund Atherton's siblings (Actually maybe she did marry the youngest Atherton was his name Noel??) or one of the Willougbys wouldn't it??

I think in Coming of Age she does nearly rise to a comment.

Prudence has come from the English branch and hasn't seen ML since before her accident:

Her eyes fell on the mop of curls, and she exclaimed involuntarily, "Gosh, Mary-Lou! When did you take to a perm?"
Mary-Lou went pink, but she replied with great calm, "I didn't..."

It's not really a rise, but she is obviously discomforted.

Also one of the times when I think it says about "you can't catch ML out" is when someone (Hilary?) says to her that they ought to drop the Lou, and call her just Mary as ML is a baby name. Think it's in Mary-Lou of the Chalet School, but I may be wrong. But she does really rise to it, at least she replies rather heatedly, which is what I'd regard as a rise.

According to my copy of "The Chalet School Encyclopedia - Vol One" , it's mentioned in "Problem" that Beth will become Blossom's aunt; apparently her husband's name was never confirmed, but the Encyclopedia surmises that it's probably Noel Atherton.

I've just finished re-reading "Barbara", and particularly enjoyed this comment by Miss Dene: "As for you, Mary-Lou, be careful or you'll turn into one of those domineering women that no one likes."

That was a big error by EBD. I presume she had meant to reveal it but forgot in all the excitement of the Fete descriptions. I'm surprised it wasn't picked up by her publishers at the editing stage.