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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    skintscotslass wrote: »
    GG - I'll join your bookclub, but can we also include the David Cassidy and Jackie Annuals lol :D

    As long as we can do Bunty too :T. If it goes well we could maybe progress to The Secret 7, Favourite 5 and Mallory Towers. Oh, and St Claire's. And Mr Galliano's Circus :D
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • mummyofonechild
    mummyofonechild Posts: 1,995 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    As long as we can do Bunty too :T. If it goes well we could maybe progress to The Secret 7, Favourite 5 and Mallory Towers. Oh, and St Claire's. And Mr Galliano's Circus :D

    Yippee, I remember them all :j
    Mortgage Free as of 31/5/11 :j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • skintscotslass
    skintscotslass Posts: 2,860 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    As long as we can do Bunty too :T. If it goes well we could maybe progress to The Secret 7, Favourite 5 and Mallory Towers. Oh, and St Claire's. And Mr Galliano's Circus :D

    Oh Enid Blyton! Definately!

    I dont think I remember Look In Mummy. What was that?
  • mummyofonechild
    mummyofonechild Posts: 1,995 Forumite
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    skintscotslass wrote: »
    Oh Enid Blyton! Definately!

    I dont think I remember Look In Mummy. What was that?

    It was a magazine, i think it was TV related

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-in
    Mortgage Free as of 31/5/11 :j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • IHateDida
    IHateDida Posts: 1,670 Forumite
    skintscotslass wrote: »
    I love making cakes! And with the courgette cake, you dont know its courgettes your eating. Very MSE using up to glut :D

    I'll look out the recipe...cant remember if it was a BBC Good Food or Nigella or someone else :D

    Still waiting eagerly! (although courgettes are still in flower at the moment!):D
    mummyofonechild wrote: »
    It was a magazine, i think it was TV related

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-in

    I remember it!:o Also does anyone remember "Girl" magazine - or am I making that one up (and maybe its my age!). I also remember Jackie, Blue Jeans and My Guy - oooh those photo stories!!!:eek: (I still have a few of those annuals in my collection! :o)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Smash Hits would have come in handy on here

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    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,906 Forumite
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    mummyofonechild wrote: »
    Do you remember Look In magazine :-)


    La-la-la-la-la - LOOK IN!!! (tv jingle,anyone?......)

    Yes - Smash Hits - my fve magazine circa 1982-4 - I religiously cut out lyrics to learn them to my fave songs!! :o
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • mummyofonechild
    mummyofonechild Posts: 1,995 Forumite
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    La-la-la-la-la - LOOK IN!!! (tv jingle,anyone?......)

    Thats the one :D
    Mortgage Free as of 31/5/11 :j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
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    Chalet school girls as well.

    I think some of you still have your copies of smash hits with all the lyrics knocking around on here. :p
  • poppyoscar_3
    poppyoscar_3 Posts: 1,566 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I think I knew the Mallory Towers and St Claire's books off by heart! I soooo wanted to go to boarding school!
    :D2010 MFW Challenge No. 112 Mortgage paid in full 27/08/10 I was MF!!!:D
    But now I'm not - (Joint) Mortgage £104704.
    New MFW target £5000 overpayments by 31/12/2105 £400/£5000 = 8%
    SAVINGS TARGET - £25000 by 31/12/2015 £13643/£25000 = 55%
    No 17 Lewis Lane
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