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15: Jumble Sale has begun and Mr. Willet tells Mr. Roberts he is NOT a betting man, as he promised his Mum he'd never be and Mr. Roberts asks why he is selling Raffle tickets if that is true and he explains he has to do his bit for the church, so they give each other a shilling for whatever they are both doing. Then Mrs. Partridge is doing her best for the Jumble Sale by not nitpicking anyone about their wares while Mrs. Pringle is, of course.

13: The egg thievery chapter, with Mr. Roberts having to inquire about his missing eggs and checking the students coats and there they are and the boys are pretty teary and upset that they got caught and such but Joe can vent his spleen about how careless and awful his dad his, thank heavens, poor kids.

Chapter 12: Lots of dealing with the winter weather in how the kids arrive at school and how they manage their accoutrements and then what Pringle and Willet do to manage with how the snow develops and how to manage with what it doe and how it accumulates. Various complaints and what to do on that point, etc.

Chapter 11: Picking out the new infants teacher was an interesting twist and the vicar went to tell Miss Grey the good news and console the other applicant witha cup of tea, yep. Then Miss Read shows Miss Grey around and finds her a place to live nearby with some folks. They manage fairly well and they hit the bus stop so Miss Grey can return to her current dwelling again.

Chapter Ten came with Arthur Coggs getting loaded and going around attempting to "save" people, one of whom was Mr. Willet in his nightgown which he did by barging into his home to the dismay of Mrs. Willet who stayed as out of the way as she could while Mr. Willet blustered the inanity of the entire encounter to Arthur Coggs clearly being lost and idiotic, and good for Mr. Willet!

Chapter Nine in which the celebrate Christmas and Fare thee well to Miss Clare. I can't recall what the gift was but they gave her something worthwhile and Mrs. Pringle complained about something, probably having to light the stoves. The vicar closed out the chapter and he was kind of bothering Miss Clare to remain in a similar fashion to how he goes about that with Miss Read at the end of the series which is odd since it's not being tired either way, it is major major health issues verging on dying is why either lady resigns. Vicar Partridge is caring but likely oversteps in this regard.

Couple ladies came by the school, one was a craftwork admin of some sort who was irritated at some of the materials being used which was quite confusing, then there was someone else, a Mrs. rather than a Miss and she was a supply teach to replace Miss Clare for a while, quite animated and boisterous, which is nice but Miss Read missed the soft spoken ways of Miss Clare now, alas.

Chapter Six and lotsa church stuff which there was something Mr. Willet was complaining about but I forget what and George Annette was around conducting some music stuff as Miss Read was playing the hymns either on piano or an organ in the church and Mrs. Pringle was around but it was a blankshow in spots and WOW, lots of kooky shenanigans everyone trying to accomplish stuff, wow.

Chapter Five: Kids get home and digest the events of the day and Joe Coggs gets to listen to his dad be a rats ass about random crap and not allow funds to the school dinners for Joe as Joe is in bed glorying in what he enjoyed that day in school, poor kid. I think Jimmy Waites lives next door? Well someone was in his own reverie too prior to Joe in the chapter. And wherever they're living it is all grimy and gross, of course.

Chapter Four: They share a LOT of produce in Fairacre, there is plenty of food and more in this chapter is meeting the Dinner Lady whose name I forget right now, then the fun of various students and Joe Coffs favourite part of school IS the dinnner since he is so starved at home, he kinda outdoes the hunger all the Marx Bros. get in their movies always scabbling for table scraps, so Joe at school dinner is a bit like the Marx Brothers finally getting fed in The Night At The Opera flick. Good chapter over all, Willet showed up to tend to something too.

5 stars Chapter three: Morning stuff and whatever the students need to pursue in the morning with Miss Clare, Bob Willet showed up too to do something and Mrs. Pringle was sort of floating around and the NEW vicar who is Gerald Partridge showed up for morning stuff and compromising on hymns that the kids might not quite be ready for in understanding what the words and phrases mean, stuff like that.

chapter two was read yesterday or the day before and it was mainly just kids coming to school teaching each other the protocols and getting to know who id who, Miss Clare is around and already white haired with her presence explained. I think there was a nature walk and the nature table is around, too. There was a Burton who I wonder if he is related to Eileen of the famous nosebleeds...

My pal found this in the rec room today while we were hanging out and began reading it to me. We got through three chapters and it is WAY more fun than that movie was, I must say! (Someone gets the school lunches for PURE entertainment value with how gross they can be, hee hee hee)

Wish we'd read a chapter today, oh well.

Chapter One: 1955 and Miss Read has been headmistress of the school for five years already. Joe Coggs is beginning his first day as a five year old, which brings into question how he is barely much older about thirty eight years later but we go by some fictional sense that people age differently like in Archie comic books… There is still little to no running water in the village of Fairacre currently so there is still rainwater and bucket use going on as mentioned in other books. Also references to WWII and remnants from that time are still in evidence during this first book. Glad to get started again.