Favourite books from your childhood

[Stickman]

Remember reading this as a kid and just thinking it was brilliant read even though it’s about a young boy set in Yorkshire in the 1950’s ..

 

 

 

[Strontium]

I'm sure that one of my Famous Five books when I was a kid had an uncensored instance of the n-word, from when George falls into some soot or something, but I've half convinced myself that it's a phony memory because I don't recall anyone else ever mentioning it.

[Tony Moanero]

1982

 

[Pidge]

16 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

I'm sure that one of my Famous Five books when I was a kid had an uncensored instance of the n-word, from when George falls into some soot or something, but I've half convinced myself that it's a phony memory because I don't recall anyone else ever mentioning it.

Probably true, those books are notoriously "outdated".

[Pidge]

[Harry's Lad]

I loved this as a kid.

[Harry's Lad]

[Harry's Lad]

[Anubis]

Loved this as a kid. The description of the way the Leather Men move and communicate was chilling.

 

[Sugar Ape]

2 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Loved this as a kid. The description of the way the Leather Men move and communicate was chilling.

 

Sounds like @Bjornebye's memoir of his time in the Navy.

[Harry's Lad]

[sir roger]

All of the usual favourites when very young , Secret Seven and Famous Five later leading to Narnia  and Willard Price series ( the hero wws called Roger Hunt ). Then LOTR books and the Denis Wheatley novels.

 

[manwiththestick]

Probably mentioned it before but the Tim and the Hidden People books by Sheila McCullagh. 36 individual books, they were never reissued and second hand single books sell for over 50 quid a piece on Ebay.

 

If only I had known back then..

[Atticus Finch]

1 hour ago, Harry's Lad said:

I loved this as a kid.

Yes loved this and the sequel the moon of gomrath

[Atticus Finch]

1 hour ago, Harry's Lad said:

We must be about the same age

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I had two books at my bedside: the Marine Corps Code of Conduct and the King James Bible. 

[Harry's Lad]

40 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said:

We must be about the same age

58.

This was a good one.

 

[Harry's Lad]

And this one.

 

[Atticus Finch]

Just now, Harry's Lad said:

58.

This was a good one.

 

Aye I’m 58, read most of Alan Garner’s books whilst at school. The weird stone and the sequel was set around Alderley edge in Cheshire, I went for a walk around there a couple of years ago when I dropped the Mrs off at Manchester airport and there’s a pub named the Wizard there! Lovely walk and views as well 

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, Harry's Lad said:

I loved this as a kid.

Read this in junior school too. Weird,I seem to remember.

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, Harry's Lad said:

Read this too. Cant remember much about it though.

[Harry's Lad]

22 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said:

Aye I’m 58, read most of Alan Garner’s books whilst at school. The weird stone and the sequel was set around Alderley edge in Cheshire, I went for a walk around there a couple of years ago when I dropped the Mrs off at Manchester airport and there’s a pub named the Wizard there! Lovely walk and views as well 

The Weirdstone was brilliant, probably my favourite as a kid. We had a teacher when I was about 8 who used to read us a chapter just before hometime. I liked it that much I bought it before he got halfway through it.

I think it was something like 20p from WH Smiths.

 

I've just looked back on this thread and seen you've already mentioned these books earlier.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Harry's Lad said:

The Weirdstone was brilliant, probably my favourite as a kid. We had a teacher when I was about 8 who are to read us a chapter just before hometime. I liked it that much I bought it before he got halfway through it.

I think it was something like 20p from WH Smiths.

 

I've just looked back on this thread and seen you've already mentioned these books earlier.

That'll be one for 'The signs of getting older thread.'

[Harry's Lad]

*cough*

 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Harry's Lad said:

*cough*

 

My daughter has called me a Stig for years.