Puffin Club/Puffin Post - anyone else a member

[elkiedee]

I've just read a biography of Kaye Webb who ran Puffin Books in the 60s and 70s. They had a club with a members' magazine called Puffin Post.

Did anyone else get the magazines, or even participate in the events?

This is probably one for the older mums, late 30s upwards, as I'm nearly 41 and I think a lot of former Puffineers would be older than me.

It was my greatest ambition to go on the Puffin Colony Holiday! I didn't, but I did end up going on four other colonies - one at Bloxham, one (fantastic one) in the Orkneys, one near Ludlow and one at somewhere I can't remember... they were excellent.

As was the Puffin Club. Goodness, I loved those magazines. I still have them all, in their pink folders... My DNs have just joined, and are apparently enjoying it - I haven't heard yet what the quality of the books is like.

I was a member, and DD is a subscriber to Puffin Post for Pufflings.

She is reading at a 9 yo level but emotionally she is not ready for "Carroes War" etc so I joined the Pufflings one and she really enjoys it, and the free books that turn up.

I still have my badge!

Moor Park. Have found a Colony facebook group. Apparently they're still in existence as ATE Holidays, who run things called Superweeks.

p.s. Elkiedee, I saw that biography of Kaye Webb reviewed and thought it looked good...

Thanks everyone, will go for Pufflings. DD has this problem with her guided reading at school - a lot of what is challenging for her to read is just not interesting for her at her age .

I was a memeber, & remember coming to a couple of the day events in London.

I remember the colourscape tunnels (in my memory they are on the South Bank, but the inside of the building that I remember sounds more like the Commonwealth Institute) and meeting Rumer Godden who thought I was a boy & spelt my name wrong.

Superweeks look great - they sound a bit like the quite wholesome Scripture Union camps that I went to in the 1980's (minus the bible study).