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#1: Forget the Sinclair C5... Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:51 pm

Jack's home-made mode of transport from 'Lavender' just had me giggling for the last 20 mins.

Quote:

He's coming for them in that wonderful contraption of his, made of an old bath-chair, an aged tricycle, and rope.

What a picture! Can't you just imagine him & Joey out for their Sunday drive, the wind whistling through her earphones... Twisted Evil

#2: Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:56 pm

Is that in the H/B? I've never seen it before.

Smile in Box

in suprise at the images this counjures up! Tigger

#3: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:57 pm

Carolyn P wrote:

Is that in the H/B? I've necer seen it before.

Must be. I hadn't noticed it in my paperback either, just saw it in the transcript I've got.

#4: Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:17 pm

I've got the hb, but I haven't read it yet. Embarassed

Must go and see if I can find that bit tomorrow.

#5: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:18 pm

Ooh this is Jack's *monster*!!! Wink

I'd never come across it until I read the HB of Lavender. There's quite a few other bits missing so well worth it!!

#6: Author: Kelly, Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:05 pm

I've never noticed that either.
What a monstrosity it sounds.

Sheep

(um, sorry 'bout the sheep, but I've been dying to try it out somewhere, its so cute!)

#7: Author: Miriam, Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:51 pm

I don't have the HB, but this sounds very much like a wartime 'making do' contruction.

in what context was he using it?

#8: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:22 pm

He was going to pick up Robin and Daisy from school and take them to Plas Gwyn for the weekend, so they could get their first glimpse of Stephen.

Yes it is from the HB.

#9: Author: Miriam, Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:31 pm

And this bathchair was supposed to contain two people safely? (However small Robon was).

I'm suprised Miss Annersley allowed it! And what had happened to their bicycles anyway?

#10: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:59 am

I was going to ask that question? They used their bikes on any other day, so why the need for this contraption?

#11: Author: Miriam, Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:50 pm

I've just gone and read the transcrpt, and they werer told to take their school books with them, in case they got trapped by more snow. Maybe the idea was that they would have too much lugguage to fit comfortably on the bicycle? Though this doesn't sound any better.

A weak theory, I know, but it's all I could come up with. Rolling Eyes

#12: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 9:56 am

Possibly with the snow about it was deemed unsafe for them to cycle? Too much banked up snow and slippery roads. The tricycle may have been thought to balance better. Hope his knots stayed tied!

#13: Author: Kathye, Location: Laleham

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:02 am

Would loved to have seen a picture of this, it's amazing how much of what makes Jack and Jo a normal couple is cut in the PB's, everything I have ever read that has been cut, doesnt make a huge difference to the story but you end up with a very different view of some characters !

#14: Author: claire, Location: South Wales

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:13 pm

Kathye wrote:

but you end up with a very different view of some characters !

As big as the difference you get after drabble reading?

#15: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:07 am

claire wrote:

Kathye wrote:

but you end up with a very different view of some characters !

As big as the difference you get after drabble reading?

Just slightly less scary than the drabble reading!! Wink

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