Posted by Mike Dennis on March 16, 2006 at 16:37:41 from 84.71.54.135 user MTD.
In Reply to: Beckfoot - a heartfelt plea posted by Peter Hyland on March 16, 2006 at 13:52:40:
Well said Peter, the function of imagination (particularly in children's fiction) seems to have been lost. As you say, when I was a child I had a perfect picture of the island, PD's cave and so on. When I go back to the books those images of childhoon are still uppermost.