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| Name: | Jenni Moorhouse |
| E-mail address: | jenni@3jays.me.uk |
| Subject: | the whole series |
| Comments: | I'm 47 & currently reading my way trough the whole series (in paperback admittedly)wile laid up after an operation. Its great reliving the time when I read them when I was younger. I finally completed my set at the grand age of 45 before I realised the add-ons of which I've bought 2 this week as a treat. I live only 45mins from Hereford so plan to explore following some of the books for fun one day. |
| Name: | Heather Woodhams |
| E-mail address: | hrwoodhams@hotmail.co.uk |
| Subject: | twins! |
| Comments: | I was given the first five titles by my father to prepare for life at an English Boarding School. I did not realise there were more at the time until I noticed book number 58 on a shelf at school!! I go through stages of buying a few more titles as a time and now have about 10 more to go, (40 years later!) I've been using ebay, but only recently realised the pb books were abridged, so wonder what I have missed all these years!
By the way, has anyone counted the number of twins in the books? Apart from the Bettany clan's fair share, nearly every family seems to have them, wonder if the ~EBD's ratio is higher than the national average? PS I am a twin myself and we both enjoy the CS books. |
| Name: | Anindita Mukherjee |
| E-mail address: | aninditamukherjee4u@gmail.com |
| Subject: | Joey and Patricia |
| Comments: | Hi, I am 27 and originally a resident of India , but when I shifted to USA for 2 years, one of my major incentives was that I would be collecting the chalet school series !! and now I can proudly claim that I am the proud owner of the entire set, though it has cost me a fortune, I consider it money well spent. I want to read/own Joey and Patricia, can anyone lead me to this book? Is it in the library so that I can read it? I love the chalet school series, I wish more and more continuation books/fill ins could be written to keep the series alive. |
| Name: | Laura Payne |
| E-mail address: | laurapayne93@hotmail.com |
| Subject: | Chalet Books |
| Comments: | Hi all
I'm hooked on these books have almost all can anyone help me with A united Chalet School and summer Term At The Chalet School. I bought most of mine from Ebay but these two have not come up. Any help is much appreciated. Laura Payne |
| Name: | Emily |
| E-mail address: | emily141@btinternect.com |
| Subject: | 12 and hooked!! |
| Comments: | Hey everyone I am only twelve years old but am finding chs the best books ever!!!! only prob is that although I have a local bookstore owner who helps me search I still only have 15 titles HELP!!! |
| Name: | Caroline Hughes |
| E-mail address: | carolinesuzanne@hotmail.co.uk |
| Subject: | new user |
| Comments: | Hello, just having a look around the site. |
| Name: | grainne |
| E-mail address: | gmdavitt@gmail.com |
| Subject: | Anna Joey's maid |
| Comments: | I have always been intrigued by this hard working Austrian woman who seem to do the work of an army looking after Joey's children. Has anybody written her 'life' story? |
| Name: | Eileen |
| E-mail address: | eileen_osullivan@eircom.net |
| Subject: | Loving Kindness |
| Comments: | I started reading the Chalet School Books when I was about 10.My older sister had a few and I got hold of them. Over the years I've collected and disgarded o other collectors and collected again. Recently I find myself coming back to them again at the age of 43 with relief.Television and reading for the most part at the moment are either crashingly boring or extremely lurid and scary.The Comsumerist ME ME ME culture it reflects is perhaps the scariest thing of all.Brent-Dyer's promotion of Loving Kindness over selfishness as the most important aspect of her fiction gives me some hope in an increasingly frightened and selfish world. |
| Name: | Carrie |
| E-mail address: | cazathroll@yahoo.com |
| Subject: | Still reading after all these years |
| Comments: | I also read CS and Barbara as my first book - it was a HB and had been given to me by a friend of my mothers. I loved it and longed to go to boarding school. Later when I was 14 or so I found it irritating ("...wizard was allowed at the school but smashing most certainly was not!") but came back to them in my late 30's. I am now 50 and still read my collection of PB's (bought for £5 in a second hand bookshop and all in pristine condition - though I've read them so often that is no longer the case)on a regular basis. I love Joey but was always impressed by Vi Lucy too. |
| Name: | Eleanor |
| E-mail address: | fairyqueenno.20@btinternet.com |
| Subject: | Hey |
| Comments: | I picked up my first hardback for a fiver! it was princes at the chalet school |
| Name: | Putinov |
| E-mail address: | sjaakfritsen101@gmail.com |
| Subject: | here it is |
| Comments: |
very nice web site where you can meet people with the same interests http://www.absolutehot.com |
| Name: | Sandra |
| E-mail address: | sandierah@aol.com |
| Subject: | Subject |
| Comments: | My first Chalet book was CS and Barbara - my collection is almost complete in paperback, only two missing!! |
| Name: | Yana |
| E-mail address: | thekzs@googlemail.com |
| Subject: | Chalet School |
| Comments: | My first book was given to me by a family friend and it was called Gay from China at the Chalet School. I must have been about 10 years old and I became totally hooked. I wanted to go to the school, loved the characters and steadily built up the complete set, which I have read several times over. What a snapshot of the early to mid part of the 20th centuary. Roll on September when I can join your club. If anyone fancies chatting about the books/characters feel free to contact me, I would love a chance to discuss 'my secret fix'. |
| Name: | Jo Harris |
| E-mail address: | fifthnonblondeuk@yahoo.co.uk |
| Subject: | Subject |
| Comments: | I am now 36 and have been reading the chalet school books since I was a little girl. I have about twenty of them and hope to buy the rest if I can get hold of them. I never knew there were so many other fans out there still! |
| Name: | Rachel Symons |
| E-mail address: | r.symons@itl.usyd.edu.au |
| Subject: | Quiz show triumph |
| Comments: | Hi everyone.
In Australia there is a quiz show called the Einstein Factor, in which contestants answer questions on their special topic, plus general knowledge questions (http://www.abc.net.au/einsteinfactor/) - well I applied to go on as a contestant with my special subject "The Chalet School Books: the Tyrol years (nos 1-13). Reason for not doing all 58 was it was too big a topic!!!! I taped my episode on 17 May (to be aired in October) with amazing results - for my special subject, and to introduce the CS books to the Australian TV audience, I scored the maximum points of 1700!! I also won the round, so have the opportunity to do more good news spreading in a months time. Will keep the world posted. |
| Name: | Helen A - web admin |
| Subject: | Replying to Fiona |
| Comments: | If you have any gaps in your collection you are always welcome at the library (www.newchaletclub.co.uk/library0.htm). :) |
| Name: | Fiona |
| E-mail address: | fi_tekrib@hotmail.com |
| Subject: | Hello |
| Comments: | Have been reading the Chalet School since my mother gave me her 1930s and 1940s copies of some of the titles (which I've kept!!). Have managed to find many in paperback over the years and even borrow some through libraries (being a librarian in early working life helped!) Still find the books a welcome escape from modern life! |
| Name: | Jeanette Nielson |
| E-mail address: | Dbnielson@aol.com |
| Subject: | Chalet School |
| Comments: | I have loved these books since I was 8 yrs old, now nearly 50 and still reading them - I have got most of them. My daughter age 8 is more into ponies at present! Love all of Elinor's books and also Lorna Hill of whom I am a keen devotee.
I have read a lot of Elinor's other books but feel some lack the pace of the Chalet School series which just flows on and on. |
| Name: | Mo |
| E-mail address: | just_a_mo@fsmail,net |
| Subject: | Chalet School Books |
| Comments: | I began reading these books when I was a rather young-for-my-age convent school girl in London, and swopped books with other members of my form at school.
An Armada copy caught my eye in a book shop, and before I knew it I was hooked again. They are a wonderful description of middle-class life both before, during and after the Second World War, and although some of the characters are completely sickening most are quite believeable. I am astonished that so many babies can be born with nobody being aware of the pregnancy, and even more astonished that they are born to women whose health is always giving (at least a chapter a book) major cause for concern. It seems to me that the more EBD loves her character then the more serious illnesses (or accidents)she bestows upon her ! The books make perfect 'escapist' reading, and I wouldn't part with my copies for anything - even though I quite often conceal them behind wrappers. I wish the club well and will be joining shortly. |
| Name: | RACHEL TEAL |
| E-mail address: | rctox3@btinternet.com |
| Subject: | easier to access |
| Comments: | I have loved Chalet school from 8 yrs old, still have all of them, unfortunatly my 11 year old daughter doesn't appreciate them!!. My best buy was a first edition from a junk shop for 10p. My godmother has 'Gerry goes to school' (EBD'S first published attempt) which she let me read but wouldnt let me keep, I am still teasing her for it 20 years later.
I found CBB last year but have had lots of problems getting on with thier site, this seems so much easier.I would love to meet up with anyone near Oxford, (England) to talk about the CHALET SCHOOL. rachel |
| Name: | Karen Broaders |
| E-mail address: | karenbroaders@hotmail.co.uk |
| Subject: | New reader |
| Comments: | I was late beimg introduced to The Chalet School, as I didnt start reading them until I was in my mid-twenties. Why why why didn't I read them when I was younger? I fell in love with Joey Bettany straight away and was hooked on the books from the very 1st page. |
| Name: | Sarah Hearn |
| E-mail address: | sarahhearn@hotmail.com |
| Subject: | Just found you guys! |
| Comments: | I have just been re-reading CS books, and started fooling around and located this page. So, I thought I'd say hi from Canada. |
| Name: | amanda crawford |
| E-mail address: | madgebettany@tiscali.co.uk |
| Subject: | Finding the books |
| Comments: | Nadia
Ebay is your best bet for early paperbacks of the Chalet School series. If it is hardbacks you are after then that is more tricky. Occasionally you can be lucky and find them in charity or secondhand bookshop. Otherwise you are best off with dealers. I will try and email you a list of them if I can find it. Amanda |
| Name: | nadia holmes |
| E-mail address: | nadialynnkellyholmes@msn.com |
| Subject: | Chalet School Books |
| Comments: | I have been reading these books since my teacher recomended them when I was ten years old. I am now 44. Most of my books were destroyed in a house-fire. Does anyone know where I can start again. |
| Name: | Laura |
| E-mail address: | laurapayne93@hotmail.com |
| Subject: | Chalet School Books |
| Comments: | I fell in love with the chalet school books when i was just a child.I had only one, The Chalet School Fete.but that is what started me,now i am trying to fine the rest of the collection. I have a few but they seem to eaiser to find in the UK. Can any one help.Feel free to email me if you can. |
| Name: | Susan Clark |
| E-mail address: | susan@sclark02.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Subject: | Chalet School books |
| Comments: | I became hooked on these books in the sixties and was a member of the original club until the end. I have managed to collect a large percentage of the series and frequently re-read the books from the beginning. I thought I must be the only adult still gaining pleasure from what appears to be !children's books!.
I can't believe that I have only just thought of going online to see if any other people were still interested in them! I am so excited and am joining the new club immediately. These books were such an influence on my life. |
| Name: | nicola |
| E-mail address: | nicola_heesom@yahoo.co.uk |
| Subject: | chalet school |
| Comments: | hey, i am a huge fan of the books and am trying to complete my collection, except i cant afford to pay what some people are asking, does anyone know of some cheaper sites or book stores? would love to get the whole set, been trying for year or so now!!!
thank you nicola |
| Name: | sarah |
| Subject: | chalet school |
| Comments: | I've been addicted to the Chalet School since I was eleven - I'm thirty now (groan)and have only just completed my collection.
I loved 'The Chalet Girls Grow Up', with one exception - where Jack locks himself in his study and gets a gun out....I can't see him doing that really, but other than that, the book puts the characters in situations that I can rally see happening, like Margot going to Greenham Common and getting arrested! |
| Name: | Bronwyn |
| E-mail address: | bfraley@rutc.ac.uk |
| Subject: | Subject |
| Comments: | I first read these books in the 1960s and really enjoyed them all. I have now picked up a few at book sales and are re-reading them. As an ex librarian I look back with nostalgia at all the wonderful out of print childrens books. Will willingly like to exchange letters with old readers from around the world. |
| Name: | barbara harris |
| E-mail address: | bensgran191@yahoo.co.uk |
| Subject: | chalet girls grow up |
| Comments: | Have to disagree with Heather's description of Chalet Girls grow up, I think it is very readable and quite a likely future for the characters involved |
| Name: | Heather Roberts |
| E-mail address: | nanjackuk@yahoo.co.uk |
| Subject: | Chalet Girls Grow Up. |
| Comments: | I really hope this is some sort of tasteless spoof and not a serious attempt to continue the "Chalet" series. What absolute tripe! |
| Name: | Katie |
| E-mail address: | katiebirse@hotmail.com |
| Subject: | hey |
| Comments: | hey!
i have just started reading the chalet school books and they are really good but i am finding them really hard to find! Does anyone know where i can get any? - hopefully in the Bromley area!!! |
| Name: | LAUREN BROWN |
| E-mail address: | brownfatcutana@bigpond.com |
| Subject: | chalet school books |
| Comments: | hi my name is lauren and i am 12 years old and live in australia.i love the chalet school books my mum has given me all of her books but in australia they are very hard to find .does anybody have any ideas of where i could get them from . i have really enjoyed looking at your web site thankyou |
| Name: | Emma |
| E-mail address: | queen_em024@hotmail.com |
| Subject: | Subject |
| Comments: | The chalet school books are amazing- why don't shops sell them anymore? I read them over and over... |
| Name: | Elaine |
| E-mail address: | mmeocarroll@eircom.net |
| Subject: | chalet school |
| Comments: | Am fan of Chalet SChool for years and years. Have just signed on to CS Bulletin Board. Am looking forward to making contact with other CS fans |
| Name: | Willow |
| E-mail address: | Bubbly_ballet_babe3@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | The chalet school books are the best I've ever read I feel part of the school and when I finished reading them I felt like I had left the school they are just brilliant! |
| Name: | On behalf of Joy Wotton |
| Subject: | Journal |
| Comments: | Will members of the New Chalet Club please accept my sincere apologies for the late arrival of the Spring Journal. This is partly because I was late getting it to the printer, but also because he has been very busy and
unable to print it until after the first May bank holiday. He should print it this week, and I know that the Stuffer will do her very best to get it out quickly. I am so sorry about this. Joy |
| Name: | Helen |
| Comments: | On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome you to the new-look club site. |