The Family from One End Street

Tales of the Family from One End Street: And Some of Their Adventures | Eve Garnett

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Perfect NYE reading.

I read the second two of these as a child, but never the first one, so @TrishB found me a copy a couple of years back (thank you Trish!). A big, happy, resourceful 1930s working-class family (7 children, Mum‘s a washerwoman, Dad‘s a dustman) who get up to adventures, worry about money (and the police/sanitary inspector being called) and are prone to big Ideas. Still a delight. And I need to track down Garnett‘s biography now.

rockpools Not too well today, so turning in mega-early. Have a wonderful New Year, if you‘re celebrating, and see you tomorrow! 2y

squirrelbrain Sounds like a lovely book. Hope you get a good night‘s sleep and feel better soon. 😘 2y

LeahBergen I recently bought this book. I hope you feel better soon! 2y

TrishB I‘m glad the book found a home 😁 hope you‘re feeling better today. 2y

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erzascarletbookgasm

The Family from One End Street | Eve Garnett

#GratefulHarvest #Family
One from my daughter‘s shelves, but I haven‘t read it.
A story of the Ruggles, a working class family‘s everyday life in a small English town.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

rockpools ❤️❤️❤️ I have a copy of this right next to me from the fab @TrishB - I read the others in the series when I was little, but somehow never found the first one. They‘re gorgeous books! 2y

quietlycuriouskate I loved these as a kid! 2y

batsy This looks and sounds lovely! 2y

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Cathythoughts Sounds like a good one 👍🏻❤️ 2y

TrishB @rockpools that‘s very cool 👍🏻 2y

erzascarletbookgasm It does sound like a charming read @batsy @Cathythoughts I should get to this, then! @rockpools @kathedron @TrishB 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💚📚💚 2y

Eggs Omg I remember the Ruggles!!!! 2y

Brimful One of my childhood favourites. Must reread! 2y

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rockpools

The Family from One End Street | Eve Garnett

#TheEnd . Just the one.

I know I‘ve been an intermittent joiner-inner this month, but I‘ve really enjoyed discovering #soaringscores soundtracks- thank you @CrowCAH @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Always happy to see a post from you 😘 4y

CrowCAH Thank hanks for joining when you could; glad to spread the love of scores! 4y

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rockpools

The Family from One End Street | Eve Garnett

2/2 The rest of my birthday bookmail - 💕💕💕

@kathedron 🌿🌱Thank you -this sounds amazing ! Hoping to find more woodland walks this year myself as well. I‘m sure I know of Sara Maitland from something else... Going to enjoy investigating 🌳

@Cathythoughts 💝 No, I hadn‘t got my hands on this yet. I loved Wolf Border, and there‘s been a serious lack of short stories in my life recently- Thank you 😊

tpixie Lovely! And Happy Birthday!! 5y

rockpools @TrishB This made me laugh so much! Yes, this was the One End Street book I never read - thank you - I‘ll enjoy it loads 😊. And I‘ve bought the Salt Path for more than one person, cos it sounds so good, but never actually got as far as reading it myself. Thank you so much 😘😘😘

And did I mention I may have a new favourite greetings card artist?
5y

rockpools The last book is from my brother, who only really reads music/food-related but heard I‘d read a graphic novel this year (Shock! Horror!) and went off to investigate what was out there. How cool is that??! 5y

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Oryx The Arrival is beautiful. Shaun Tan is an incredible artist 5y

TrishB Great birthday haul 💕 enjoy the rest of your day 🎉🎉🥂 5y

TrishB Those cards are awesome aren‘t they 👍🏻 5y

Cathythoughts Everything looks fab ... Have a great Saturday birthday 🎂😍 5y

youneverarrived How lovely ♥️♥️ Shaun Tan is a brilliant artist. 5y

quietlycuriouskate Happy birthday, Rachel! Hope you are having a fabulous day 🎂 5y

squirrelbrain What wonderful gifts! I nearly bought The Salt Path the other day.... 5y

Redwritinghood Happy birthday! 🎂🎂 5y

rockpools @tpixie Thanks Teri 😘 5y

rockpools @Oryx @youneverarrived It‘s beautiful! I‘ve seen it on here, but not in real life before. I‘ve also been advised on appropriate music to play while reading it 😂😂 5y

rockpools @TrishB ✨Thanks Trish - feeling v grateful! And yes, the cards are lovely- so atmospheric. 📚🌊 5y

rockpools @Cathythoughts 😊 5y

rockpools @kathedron Thanks Kate! Had a very lovely day 😘 5y

rockpools @squirrelbrain😂😂Next time! I‘ve nearly bought it several times ... 5y

rockpools @Redwritinghood Thank you 😊🍷🍰 5y

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juliannebenford

The Family from One End Street | Eve Garnett

Found this on a colleague's clearout pile! Isn't the cover cute? Is it any good? #childrens #kids #puffin

erzascarletbookgasm Love those Puffin books! 6y

Reviewsbylola This looks precious! 6y

rubyslippersreads I would definitely have picked it just for the cover. 😊 6y

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juliannebenford @erzascarletbookgasm me too! 6y

juliannebenford @Reviewsbylola It's gorgeous isn't it? 6y

juliannebenford @rubyslippersreads I pretty much did! Don't think I've heard of it before 6y

rubyslippersreads According to Goodreads, there are two more books in the series. 😊 6y

Aimeesue Oh, yes, it was a fun little book. Quite enjoyable. 6y

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The Family from One End Street | Eve Garnett

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Last Saturday was our National Children's Day in Thailand. To celebrate the day I picked up this book to reread. It's my most favorite book when I was a kid. Almost 30 years have passed and it's still lovely and not boring at all :)

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