To ask the Abbess to find me a solid lump of comfort and a cream cake

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Shenanigans at the Chalet School featuring sales of work, sub text and full fat menu

Is Parker about - are people getting the dropbox link offline?

I am willing to set up a backup dropbox if Parker is no longer able to do it, it may take a few days though.

Thank you for the link.

Does that mean you're sorted @Joisanofthedales ?

@funnelfanjo

I received the link, Parker is around. Much appreciated! (Now to at least try to do some work for the rest of the afternoon...)

Enjoy!

prompted by the Great British Menu's theme being children's literature, which then lead to me wondering what books I'd be inspired by (had I any cooking skill whatsoever...), so, naturally the Chalet School topped my list and it would have to be the dessert course with cake, and coffee and oodles of cream somehow. (Or possibly Anna's famous lemon biscuits...)

That would be excellent, NWKF!

So many of the chefs on that seem to have barely a nodding acquaintance with the books they've been "inspired" by.

Particularly disliked the chap who - because Oliver Twist had only had gruel and too little of that - cooked the most opulent things he could think of with extra added caviar. Because that would have cheered Oliver up.

And the woman who was inspired by the giant's search for a magic salmon... so she cooked halibut 🤦‍♀️

They seem to have found a dish, then looked around for a book to hang it on.

@Parker231 if you are around I would love the link too please. I have just finished re-reading all the Georgette Heyer historical novels (I did start before COVID I hasten to add!), so I'd love to get started on the Chalet school books!

Just started to read Chalet girls grow up.
Up to chapter 3 and I’ve had to put it down after domestic violence and rape. This is not a happy children’s book.
I read all the other books on the drop box and it took me back to my childhood thought I’d read the fill in books- absolutely awful.

I’ve been buying them from a chalet school fb group I’m in. I’ve just finished Carola Storms and I’m after Bride Leads next. I think the Armishire / St Briavels books are my favourite.

Hi @Parker231 - another one looking for dropbox details so I can fill my lockdown time with useful activity (or nostalgic reading)

thank you

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett asked if there's a list of which books were cut in the Armada paperbacks. I have such a list!!

Title Cuts in Armada pb
School Major
Jo Of Minor frequent
Princess Minfq
Head Girl Very Major
Rivals Minfq
Eustacia Minfq
And Jo Uncut
Camp Uncut
Exploits Uncut
Lintons Uncut
New House Minfq
Jo Returns Minfq
New Min
Exile V Maj
Goes to it Uncut
Highland Twins Major
Lavender Minfq
Gay From China Major
Rescue Uncut
Tom . Uncut
Rosalie . * Uncut
Three Go V Maj
Island Uncut
Peggy Minfq
Carola Minfq
Wrong Uncut
Shocks Major
CS Oberland Major
Bride Uncut
Changes Minfq
Joey Oberland Uncut
Barbara Minfq
Does it Again Uncut
Kenya Uncut
Mary-Lou Major
Genius Uncut
Problem V Maj
New Mistress Major
Excitements Minfq
Coming of Age V Maj
Richenda V Maj
Trials V Maj
Theodora Major
Tirol Uncut
Ruey V Maj
Leader Minfq
Trick Minfq
Future Uncut
Feud V Maj
Triplets Minfq
Reunion Uncut
Jane Uncut
Redheads Uncut
Adrienne Uncut
Summer Term Uncut
Challenge Uncut
Two Sams Uncut
Althea Uncut
Prefects Uncut

That looks more garbled than I expected. Sorry! Minfq = minor frequent

Hi

I think I’m up to date in responding to any Dropbox links - have pm’d everyone who has asked. Please remind me if I’ve missed you.

@Parker231, you very kindly sent me the link for CS, which I am working my way through; and for extra non-CS books which appears to be empty. Is this a problem with my computer or have the books been removed?

@Parker231 I would LOVE the link if you are able to please!

I’m looking into the missing non Chalet Schools books - had to play around with Dropbox as it stopped me sending anymore links.

Ooh! Please may I have the Dropbox link, my ex destroyed my collection when I was in refuge 😫

@Parker231 please may I have the link? I asked before but haven't had a pm from you, do you remember if you sent me one? Thank you!

Thank you so much! I’m sure my children don’t really need to eat 🤣

@NWKF That sounds brilliant! Do you by any chance have an electronic copy? I’d happily read it. I did buy a book about illness in children’S literature called something like “Pick Up Thy Bed and Walk”, which was really interesting.

@Parker231 thanks. One down, many more to go! Hooked already!

@Parker231 I know I'm late to the party, but is there any chance I could have the dropbox link? Thank you

I got Adrienne! As in the one where YET ANOTHER NEW GIRL turns out to be related to an Old Girl, and the Robin has her Big Damn Heroes moment and saves Adrienne from being sold into prostitution (possibly).

Just reading Jo to the Rescue and fucking hell, you can totally draw the dots between how the triplets behave in this book and Theodora.

• Margot acts like a little shit and is jealous of Len about something
• Len enables Margot and tries to calm things down
• Con speaks her mind and tells Margot off and it gets her into trouble

Also, why the actual fuck is Jack giving a 3-year-old kid a lecture about G-d? Isn't 3 a bit young to understand religion?