Antonia Forest and Jane Duncan! I've had a sudden, almost painful, rush of nostalgia for my teenage years to my head.
I loved Antonia Forest, and not just because one of the twins has my name. :-) The stories and characters were interesting, the girls especially being strong. Not that I've read them since, and I doubt I can find them here any more (the libraries don't keep books that long).
I do have a large collection of Boys' and Girls' annuals from the 30 - 60s, each bought for less than a dollar from church fairs. They're hysterically funny ("But he's my frightfully fast chum!" he ejaculated.) but Antonia Forest's books were just excellent. Wasn't the Marlow father in the navy?
I loved the Jane Duncan ones too, though about all I can remember now is the ex-fighter pilot called Sashay because of the camp walk he affected to hide his limp.
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I loved Antonia Forest, and not just because one of the twins has my name. :-) The stories and characters were interesting, the girls especially being strong. Not that I've read them since, and I doubt I can find them here any more (the libraries don't keep books that long).
I do have a large collection of Boys' and Girls' annuals from the 30 - 60s, each bought for less than a dollar from church fairs. They're hysterically funny ("But he's my frightfully fast chum!" he ejaculated.) but Antonia Forest's books were just excellent. Wasn't the Marlow father in the navy?
I loved the Jane Duncan ones too, though about all I can remember now is the ex-fighter pilot called Sashay because of the camp walk he affected to hide his limp.
I must check the library catalogues now...