I think I found the paperbacks around 1967-8, so that fits. Thank you. I only have P&M in hardback. Have had to replace a few paperbacks as they were falling apart!

1. A is Timothy/Squashy Hat
2. Dick, with, not sure, John and Nancy?
3. Gold. SADs mining company
4. Pigeon Post

Pigoen Post. All that heat! Perfect. And Chemistry, who could forget about aqua regia? I learnt so much from that book, including about armadillos and dromedaries And, yes, homing pigeons. Never could quite understand how the bell ringing device in the pigeon coop worked, though.

Desperately sorry to hear this. He was such a gentle soul. Thank you for giving him 7 happy years when he was so well cared for and loved.

Apologies for two answers. I paused and then thought I'd lost my first attempt. I find I like Swallowdale more in old age, so I was happy to go back to it again.

1. Roger and Titty
2. Swallowdale
3. The dreaded great aunt
4. Pike rock

1. Roger and Titty
2. Swallowdale
3. The Amazons' dreaded great aunt
4. Pike rock?

Thanks for this. Need to brush up. I remember E and T and SOS. Some way to go for Signaling to Mars.

1. Dot, Dick and Jacky
2. Milk that had gone sour
3. Frying pan
4. A knife
5. P&M

Oh, I missed this one. But I would have guessed a pie for 3. A cake would have been more portable. Many thanks again.

A million thanks for all the Ransome fun this Advent.
(I would need to polish up on my semaphore if housebound!)

1. Nancy, resembling a pumpkin as she has mumps.
2. Plague!
3. Dorothea, I think, since she had a notebook.
4. Garden at Beckfoot
5. Winter Holiday (Yeah!)

I still haven't had mumps, I do hope it is too late!

Aargh, it is The Big Six!! Brain fog here.

1. Dick
2. A nest and GN divers
3. A small boat
4. John with black circles round his eyes
5. Great Northern?

1. Scotland Yard
2. William
3. Places where boats had been cast adrift.
Dot's idea
4. Secret Water

Lemonade? Don't remember.

1. Swallows, John
2. Meal dial
3. Roger, probably!
4. Breakfast, Lunch - or was it Dinner next if Supper was on the right?
5. A clock
6. Secret Water

Sinbad the kitten (a very bad idea, I thought, really worried me).

1. A is Squashy Hat, B is Dorothea. C is Roger, D is Dick
2. S.A.D.M.C.
3. Gold, they think..
4. High Topps?
5. Pigeon Post