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Got any old ladybird books? Look here!

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:24

here
found this trying help someone on another thread.
i have lots of old ladybooks - they are worth alot
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thought you may be interested to look on your book shelves!!

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:26

\link(www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/results.php?searchterm=tootles%20the%20taxi&catagory=ladybird\this is my favourite childhood book}
i have a copy still.......
it is wonderful

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:27

tootles the taxi

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emmatmg · 15/01/2004 19:28

Blimey....I've only got 2 of them and I could make 40 quid!

Wouldn't part with them though.......

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:30

i have gots hundreeds of quids worth!
never thought they were worth anything1

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BadHair · 15/01/2004 19:33

I've been buying some of these from market stalls - you can get ones that are not mint condition for under £1 - and ds1 loves them. The pics are more detailed and less garish than in the newer ladybird books, and the stories are more detailed and have longer words. 3 little pigs is my favourite, even though the man carrying the bricks is smoking a pipe!

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:34

i still have three little pigs here
i have lots of book and my fave one is a big words and pictures book by richard scarry - cant wait for ds to enjoy it!

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mummysurfer · 15/01/2004 19:50

Are you going to sell thm Popsycal?

emmatmg · 15/01/2004 19:53

The magic porridge pot is my favourite and if DS1 + 2 have sausage and mash for tea I have to flatten the mash out to cover the entire plate and pretend it's porridge flowing through the town, obviously the cut up sausages are little people!!!

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:53

i doubt it - couldnt part with them!
ds will love them when he gets big

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:54

i have magic porridge pot right here
and tiptoes the mischievious ktten
chicken licken
elves and shoemaker
lots more...
]does anyone remember tilly and tessa by dick bruna?

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BadHair · 15/01/2004 19:55

What was the about the donkey that was lonely? There was a pic of him under a big starry sky, looking all mournful. And one about a nasty dwarf who got his beard stuck in something?

mummysurfer · 15/01/2004 19:55

I'm off to ring DB now as he had Tootles the Taxi & loves selling stuff like this.

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 19:57

tell him tottles the taxi was my fave - i used to recite it when i was REALLY tiny!!!
but couldnt say the line 'distance no object' - distance no OBLaaaaa

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mummysurfer · 15/01/2004 19:59

They go on eBay for 30p - look at this lot

look

mummysurfer · 15/01/2004 20:00

I'm Tooles the Taxi.....
jump inside
I'll take you for a ride.

Can you fill the blanks?

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 20:04

i'm tootles the taxi
i'll give you a ride
put out your hand
and jump inside
just watch the meter
and you'll see the fare
distance no OBLAAAAA
i'll go anywhere

and that is with the book in the loft!

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 20:05

here

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 20:06

maybe they are not worth anything after all!!
still having fun reminiscing though

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Kittypickle · 15/01/2004 20:07

Just sneaked into DD's room and removed mine, I've got just over 20, think they'd better find a slightly safer new home !

Ned the Lonely Donkey, I used to love that, don't still have it unfortunetly.

mummysurfer · 15/01/2004 20:12

Well done Popsycal - sorry just disappeared to watch Life Down Under.

Linnet · 15/01/2004 20:24

I have tootles the taxi, got it 2nd or 3rd hand from a neighbour when I was little. I think it's been coloured in on the front and on pages in the middle. I'll be going to look out all my ladybird books once I get dd to bed. I have the green umbrella and the rapunzel one as well. Not sure I could sell them though dh probably would, he keeps trying to throw them out and I won't let him. I do have more but can't remember what they all are.

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 20:27

right - everyone has to hunt them out!
and then list so we can reminisce

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popsycal · 15/01/2004 20:27

little red hen anyone?

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tabitha · 15/01/2004 20:30

I think I could be sitting on a small fortune here. I had literally dozens of ladybird books when I was wee (including Tootles the Taxi btw) and my mum has kept most of them.
Will bookmark the page in case of hard times.