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A Chalet Alphabet

How many name pairs can be found in the Chalet series - apart from Jo and Bruno? Here are just a few:

A is for Anne Seymour, Anne Lambert,
Anne Chester, Anne Webster, Anne Crozier
and Anne Temple

B is for Beth Chester, Beth Lane
and Beth Carey

C is for Con Maynard, Con Atherton, Con Stewart and Connie Winter

D is for Doris Potts, Doris Trelawney and Doris Hill

E is for the eight Elizabeths:
Elizabeths Arnett, Ozanne, Temple, Chester and Lucy, Betty Landon,
Elizaveta of Belsornia and Elizabeth Felthwaite - better known as Elizabeth the Gallant!


F is for Felicity Maynard and Felicity King

G is for Gertud Beck, Gertude Steinbrucke and Gertude Rider


H is for the Heads.
Helena Wilson and Helena Maynard.
Hilda Annersley and Hilda Jukes

I is for Irma Ancockzy who became Irma von Rothenfels

J is for Jeanne de Lachenais, Jeanne le Cadoulec and Jeanne Daudet

K is for Kester Bellever and Kester Russell

L is for Lesley Anderson, Lesley Malcolm,
Lesley Pitt and Lesley Bethune


M is for the Mollies: Maynard, Carewe, Bettany
and Avery. M is also for "it's only Mary-Lou!"


N is for the Nancy Girls: Nancy Chester,
Nancy Wilmot and Nancy Canton

O is for Odette Mercier and Odette Bertoni


P is for Pretty Peggy Bettany,
Peggy Burnett and Peggy Harper
Q is (quite inventively) a Quartette in Queensland
and the Chalet School's Quintette

R is for Rosamund Lilley, Rosamund Sefton
and Rosamnd Atherton. R is also for the three Rs

S is for TWO SAMS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL -
Samaris Davies and Samantha van der Byl

T is for Tom Gay and Tom Christie

U is for Ursula Nichols and Ursula Vidler -
whoever they are!

V is for Vanna d Ricci and Vanna Ozanne

W is for Wanda von Eschenau and her niece or nieces

X is for the missing Chalet girl!

Y is for Yvttte Mercier and Yvette Olivier

Z is for Zoe Wylie and Zoe Younge

 

Kait Bessing, Stokholm

 

Note: This article is reproduced with permission from the author and the Editor of the New Chalet Club Journals and originally appeared in Journal 13