"Life at an unusual boarding school" Times March 09

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"Life at an unusual boarding school" Times March 09

Post by mvgrogan » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:40 pm

Just found this in yesterday's Times online... interesting article and CH mention in the comments at the end.

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Re: "Life at an unusual boarding school" Times March 09

Post by Fjgrogan » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:51 pm

I was surprised at the list of 25 best boarding school books - two of them were favourites of my mother's (born 1923)and are still on my father's book shelves, so they must be about 70 years old! The Dimsie series, and the Chalet School series, which I believe had a revival in paperback a few years ago - much more interesting than Mallory Towers!!
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Re: "Life at an unusual boarding school" Times March 09

Post by englishangel » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:38 pm

The Chalet School series was definitely my favourite.
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