tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4417332283981351649..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: History Books by Katherine WebbMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-36875492729165219762016-06-20T23:14:40.199+01:002016-06-20T23:14:40.199+01:00Silver Snaffles! I've never forgotten the land...Silver Snaffles! I've never forgotten the land where people had No Horse Sense. We also adored The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (glutinously sentimental). Who remembers the Bunkle series (horribly snobbish)? We also had some rather worthy books at primary school that featured social workers, Jewish child refugees, and a girl who ran away from a stepmother and ended up in what sounded like rather a cosy hostel.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16184137443627851412016-06-19T22:31:42.104+01:002016-06-19T22:31:42.104+01:00The title 'Silver Snaffles' was instantly ...The title 'Silver Snaffles' was instantly familiar - but I can't remember anything about it! And that's very sad about Edith Holden - I didn't know that. Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-41183402862014230592016-06-19T12:50:13.971+01:002016-06-19T12:50:13.971+01:00I have a set of all the Mary Webbs, love those boo...I have a set of all the Mary Webbs, love those booksCatherine Hokinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16251036106757891834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-83185175733971150392016-06-19T12:04:45.705+01:002016-06-19T12:04:45.705+01:00That's great, John! So glad to know I wasn'...That's great, John! So glad to know I wasn't the only one... I didn't know that about Cold Comfort farm, Ann. Now I want to re-read it with that in mind!<br />Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031215564445403747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3062785060710633402016-06-19T10:32:00.922+01:002016-06-19T10:32:00.922+01:00I used to have a copy of 'The Coming of the Fa...I used to have a copy of 'The Coming of the Fairies'! Gardner & Conan Doyle are so persuasive I spent more time than I'd like to admit looking for fairies in the woods while other boys of my age were discovering girls and alchohol. Now there's an admission.John Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667956500314198121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-76489011646351686272016-06-19T09:53:52.411+01:002016-06-19T09:53:52.411+01:00I read Precious Bane when I was a teenager in the ...I read Precious Bane when I was a teenager in the late 1950s or early 60s and was swept away by the romance and passion and the rural setting; I read it several times, and also sought out her other books. Gone to Earth was one - another dark tale.<br /><br />Apparently Stella Gibbons' very funny book Cold Comfort Farm is supposed to have been a take-off of Precious Bane with its dark passions and rural misery. I can see that it might have been - but I'm still rooting for Prue Sarn! <br /><br />Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11928522134319720552016-06-19T03:12:39.296+01:002016-06-19T03:12:39.296+01:00Ooh, I remember Silver Snaffles! It must have been...Ooh, I remember Silver Snaffles! It must have been in print for many years, because I got my copy new when I was a child and my parents were children in the 1930s. I vaguely recall that this novel told us you don't say "the hounds" in hunting, but just "hounds". I never thought, "This or that book was written before I was born", just "Hey, it's about ponies!" as girls do. ;-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com