At Spitalfield’s Market yesterday I found a copy of this book ‘Mr Papingay’s Caravan’ by Marion St John Webb.
I loved this book and others by the same author when I was little – well I still like it. Wonderful cast of characters – Mr Papingay is a sort of early Dr Who. The there is Penny, a prim little girl who sews patchwork, The Lodger has a droopy moustache and is very gloomy – wants to be someone important and always looks on the black side of life, Aunt Muffin who is very bossy, and the Fat Boy who is rather greedy. Robin is a boy who has adventures with them all in the school holidays.