The Antonia Forest books are all coming back into print, thanks to Girls Gone By Publishers - link in the entry above. Yes, their dad was in the Navy, so was the eldest brother Giles, and the younger one (Peter, nicknamed Binks) was a naval cadet. Nicola wanted to be in the Navy and was obsessed with Nelson.

I've only read one of the Jane Duncans so far, but Katlinel is slowing feeding them to me, like an addictive drug ;-D

I'm *incredibly* jealous of the Girl annuals! I saw a pile of them for sale ten years ago for a ridiculously cheap amount each - except I was so hard up at the time that I couldn't afford them. Argh!