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Post by helrunar on Aug 25, 2020 22:03:03 GMT
I loved "Five Go Mad in Dorset" which was a satire that involved Adrian Edmondson and some other folks, I believe around 30 odd (oh so very odd) years ago.
W. O. G. Lofts showed up occasionally in the letters column of The Rohmer Review back in the early 70s. I heard some odd stories about him somewhere a year or two ago. Apparently he was quite eccentric and had an encyclopedic knowledge of certain obscure strata of bibliography... so many colorful personalities in early fandom back then.
H.
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Post by andydecker on Aug 26, 2020 7:54:50 GMT
Andy, down here in Aus the Famous Five was read by boys as well as girls - I loved them and reread them many times - I think I was impressed by the amount of food they ate: bacon and eggs, jam on toast, picnic hampers etc. I'm salivating just thinking about it. Famous Five was also a huge success, I remember reading a few as a kid. In my youth the separation between YA for boys and girls was quite distinct, and 5 friends, as it was called, was marketed for boys. I only have a hazy recollection of this, no doubt influenced by the many tv adaptions over the years.
I just checked and discovered that the series is still being produced as of 2017. Now it is written as "Enid Blyton for Grown Ups". Five Go Gluten Free or Five Give Up the Booze. It is labeled as satire, done with a nice looking retro look. Okayy ...
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Post by helrunar on Aug 26, 2020 13:34:41 GMT
Five Go Gluten Free!!!! HAHAHAHA! Oh, that's rich!
Thanks for the laugh, Andreas. I needed it this morning.
cheers, Steve
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Post by Swampirella on Aug 26, 2020 14:22:45 GMT
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Post by Swampirella on Aug 26, 2020 14:23:42 GMT
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Post by peedeel on Aug 26, 2020 17:07:07 GMT
Andy, down here in Aus the Famous Five was read by boys as well as girls - I loved them and reread them many times - I think I was impressed by the amount of food they ate: bacon and eggs, jam on toast, picnic hampers etc. I'm salivating just thinking about it. Famous Five was also a huge success, I remember reading a few as a kid. In my youth the separation between YA for boys and girls was quite distinct, and 5 friends, as it was called, was marketed for boys. I only have a hazy recollection of this, no doubt influenced by the many tv adaptions over the years.
I just checked and discovered that the series is still being produced as of 2017. Now it is written as "Enid Blyton for Grown Ups". Five Go Gluten Free or Five Give Up the Booze. It is labeled as satire, done with a nice looking retro look. Okayy ...
I confess as a youngster I enjoyed the Famous Five books. I envied the five because they were on perpetual holiday – and I wasn’t! They had countless adventures – and I didn’t. And those adventures! Secret passages, smugglers, spies, and stacks of wonderful food to eat. I particularly enjoyed ‘Five Get into Trouble’ with its kidnapping and the kids going off in search of Dick. Coincidentally it was published the year of my birth.
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Post by jamesdoig on Aug 26, 2020 20:36:12 GMT
W. O. G. Lofts showed up occasionally in the letters column of The Rohmer Review back in the early 70s. I heard some odd stories about him somewhere a year or two ago. Apparently he was quite eccentric and had an encyclopedic knowledge of certain obscure strata of bibliography... so many colorful personalities in early fandom back then. Yes, he seems to be ubiquitous - he wrote a lot for CADS, the great crime fiction fanzine, and for the late lamented Book and Magazine Collector, that was indexed here somewhere.
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Post by helrunar on Aug 27, 2020 1:43:33 GMT
In which we learn that "Lofts au naturel could be baffling," and this anecdote that seems tailor-made for Vault residents: While visiting the well-appointed home of one of the most celebrated collectors of Victorian "bloods" (Varney the Vampire, or The Feast of Blood, Spring-Heeled Jack, The String of Pearls, etc), and looking for the bathroom as his host was making the tea downstairs, he opened the wrong door, to find himself in a fully equipped and clearly well-used torture chamber.www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-w-o-g-lofts-1250220.htmlcheers, H.
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Post by jamesdoig on Aug 28, 2020 20:35:35 GMT
While visiting the well-appointed home of one of the most celebrated collectors of Victorian "bloods" (Varney the Vampire, or The Feast of Blood, Spring-Heeled Jack, The String of Pearls, etc), and looking for the bathroom as his host was making the tea downstairs, he opened the wrong door, to find himself in a fully equipped and clearly well-used torture chamber. Now you've got me wondering who the collector was.
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Post by helrunar on Aug 29, 2020 1:16:16 GMT
I don't know enough about people who were involved in the scene to speculate.
H.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 24, 2020 20:35:59 GMT
The Cauldron - Pagan Journal of the Old Religion #17 (London, Candlemass, 1980) Exhumed an ancient folder of fear earlier, which, as hoped, is stuffed with newspaper clippings, leaflets, and even a few complete newsletters. One of which is a chatty, anonymously edited, three-sheeter, The Cauldron, "an independent, non-political, non-profit making, unbiased, radical journal of the Pagan Old Religion ... KEEP BRITAIN PAGAN!" Reproduced below, the author's considered verdict on a recent TV feature on "Witchcraft in Warwickshire."
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Oct 25, 2020 1:22:15 GMT
Exhumed an ancient folder of fear earlier, which, as hoped, is stuffed with newspaper clippings, leaflets, and even a few complete newsletters. One of which is a chatty, anonymously edited, three-sheeter, The Cauldron, "an independent, non-political, non-profit making, unbiased, radical journal of the Pagan Old Religion ... KEEP BRITAIN PAGAN!" I like the title.
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Post by helrunar on Oct 25, 2020 4:14:28 GMT
Lovely to see, Kev. The Cauldron was the much-loved progeny of the late Mike Howard, who passed away in 2015 (I think). On this site, a few articles are offered for free download, and there's a scan of the front page of issue one: www.the-cauldron.org.uk/thecauldron_down.htmlMike had been the student of the fascinating Madeline Montalban in the late Sixties. He then became a Wiccan High Priest, and subsequently grew keenly interested in researching old streams of British Witchcraft and the related folklore pre-dating the Pagan Witchcraft revival of the mid 20th century. cheers, SRS
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Post by dem bones on Nov 1, 2020 19:51:20 GMT
Newsletter, brochure, flyers, etc; Heather Johnson [ed.] - The Monk: Newsletter of the International Gothic Association #7 (Edinburgh University, Nov. 1995). Editorial News Recent and Forthcoming Publications Forthcoming Conferences Bob Irvine - Conference Report. The Fifth International Scott Conference, University of Aberdeen, 29 July - 3 August 1995.Four pages. Seems there was plenty going on at the time in terms of symposiums, lectures, conferences, etc. Among the recent book releases, Robert Morrison & Chris Baldock's Tales of Terror from Blackwoods Magazine and Timothy Marshall's Murdering to Dissect: Frankenstein, Grave-Robbing and the Anatomy of Literature. Meanwhile in the Netherlands, a Riny Friedl invited all comers to his Dordrecht-based Dracula Vampire House. "We don't drink blood, we're not into anything like that. If you're a great person and you're out to have a good time then you'll meet lots of friends" Kate on The Vampyre Connexion, The Vampire Bites Back cassette, 1999.
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Post by dem bones on Jun 8, 2021 14:56:09 GMT
John Rimmer [ed.] - Magonia #76 (incorporating MUFOB #123), London, Nov 2001. Peter Rogerson- Northern Echoes Diego Zuniga - Friendship: the Fantasy Island Gareth J. Medway - Monstrous Tales Readers letters Book reviews. Hold the back page"It was probably inevitable that in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington various unsavoury spivs and con-artists would emerge to exploit the situation. Unfortunately, some of these seem to have come from the world of ufology ..." writes editor Rimmer, who, ably assisted by Royce Myers, identifies several of the most heinous chancers. Gareth J. Medway examines contemporary paranormal/ 'supernatural' hoaxes - Owlman, Loch Ness Monster, self-manufactured 'vampires' - and those shy, retiring types who perpetuate them. Diego Zuniga on a Chilean island reputed inhabited by extra-terrestrials; and a guest column from a pelican. 20 pages, no discernable filler. #illuminati #SatanicOwlConspiracy #coverup #lochnessmonster #docshiels #nudewitches #screaminglordfauntleroy #NWO #LadyGaga #Rihanna #Bouncy #Jay-Z #ChristinaAguilera #ValDoonican #Lilith #genieinabottle JennyWi'theAirnTeeth #Jennyfromtheblock #Paulisdead #CaryGrantsWedding #Knickersonthelinebythreechordfraud #theygotjoepasqualetheywon'tgetme
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