Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Sunday 1st July – Saturday 7th July

Welcome to the weekly round-up of all that happened on the CBB.

* The changeover of mods has been completed this week. Many thanks to all the 'old' mods; your hard work is greatly appreciated by both our wonderous Squeen and everyone else on the board too.

* Welcome to our new member Sunflower. We hope you enjoy your time on the board.

* Which of the early CS books is your favourite? There's a poll here, where you can vote for the one you like best.

* Discussions started this week:
Seven Scamps
Relationships: Reg & Len

* New drabbles started this week:
Biddy's Brother: Francesco's Story by Frogize
Roses at the Chalet School by Rosalin

* Short and complete drabbles posted this week:
Why not me? by Rosalin

* Drabbles finished this week:
Missing you already by Phil

* The Summer Frolick gets ever nearer - don't forget to sign up if you want to Frolick!

* Birthday wishes to Charlotte, who celebrates on July 9th. Have a great day!

If there's anything we've missed, do send us a pm and let us know.
Thanks, Róisín and Fatima

Monday, July 2, 2007

Sunday 24th June – Saturday 30th June 2007

Welcome to this week’s digest. Hope you find lots to read and do as a result of the links

*Congratulations to Lottie who won the The CBB Challenge Quiz! Everyone is welcome to bop along and have a game.

*GGB News! Ann and Clarissa have announced that the new CS titles are going to be Genius and Future (both in autumn), and that the reprinting of A Headgirl’s Difficulties has been delayed until 2008. Are you excited? Tell us about it here.

*Three new articles have been recently debated in the News and Views forum, these are Fruit vs Sweets in the Chalet School, You Really Can Judge Rare Books by their DustJackets and New Perspectives on Subtexts in EBD. Please join in!

*Liss would like to thank the old mods and welcome the new mods in this post. The changeover was completed this weekend.

*New formal discussions have begun on Girls with Religious Vocations and on Joey Shoves Her Oar In. Please join in!

*Succession, Ambition and Evacuation are just some of the queries being thrashed out in Anything Else.

*Brand spanky new drabbles that started this week:
An Extraordinary General Meeting by Fiona Mc (inspired by the Succession thread in AE)
A Light at the End of the Tunnel by Fatima (reposted after hacking)
A Light Cast in the Shade by Brie

*Welcome to new members Lavender, Miriam, Lizzie and Marianna; and you can also read reposted profiles of old friends Tan and Squirrel.

*Upcoming birthday this week is Jennie’s! Happy birthday to youuu, happy birthday tooooo you.... 7 July is Jennie’s birthday.

*Lexi is selling some CS books and help is needed with transcribing Seven Scamps, in the SW forum.

*The Summer Picnic in Styal people are trying to sort a new date; the big Summer Gather has a new thread on Food; the Summer Frolick people now need confirmation of those who are attending; as does Kathye in the Staines Gather as she needs to buy the meat for the barbeque!

That’s it for this week! If we’ve forgotten anything, please prod and tell us. Also, if you want anything included in next week’s digest, do the same. Fatima and Róisín.