Nancy Blackett has successfully returned to her winter quarters at Woodbridge. On Thursday (7th October) skipper Neil Brooks (with Tim Everson and Mike Hilton) sailed her round from Woolverstone Marina on the River Orwell to the Deben, where she went into the Woodbridge Tidemill Marina. Ian McGlynn, chairman of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Committee, […]
An episode of the BBC TV Series “Villages By The Sea” that explores the boatbuilders who built Arthur Ransome’s Swallow and Coch-y-bonddhu, and includes scenes with Coch-y-bonddhu replica Peggy Blackett, was broadcast this evening (5th Oct) on BBC One North West. The episode traced Arnside’s origins and history in boatbuilding and seafaring, and is presented […]
Sophie Neville continues her exploration of new memories to include in the next edition of The Secrets of Making Swallows and Amazons (1974)… The International Movie Database (IMDB) lists Billy Mayerl’s composition Marigold as being included in the original film of Swallows and Amazons. This intrigued me. I looked up the music as I couldn’t […]
Sue Stott, the winner of the 2019 Nancy Blackett Trust raffle for a day-sail on Nancy Blackett, and a life-long Arthur Ransome fan, joined Nancy Blackett with her husband Peter for their prize sail on the 18th August. With Sue Coales and Mike Hilton as skipper and mate, they sailed down to Harwich in rather […]
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, will be seen nationwide on ITV1 this Sunday at 11:55am. She will appear in the first episode of the new series of All Around Britain, which explores some of the most glorious and fascinating visitor destinations and landmarks across Britain and Northern Ireland, and brings viewers the very best […]
Sophie Neville explores more stories to add to the next edition of The Making of Swallows and Amazons… When I was last in the Lake District, I grabbed the chance to climb to the top of Gummer’s Howe to look down on the ‘Great Lake in the North’. Arthur Ransome, who once lived at High […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust will be joining in the ‘Robertsons Boatyard and Friends‘ event in Woodbridge this weekend as part of the Deben Summer Festival. Come and visit the River Deben’s oldest working boatyard, which takes care of Nancy Blackett every year, and meet some of the Trust team who look after Nancy and find […]
At the end of his piece to camera for the ITV Anglia news story on Nancy Blackett at 90, Mike Rines, who rescued and restored her over 40 years ago to exactly as she was when Ransome owned her, confessed “actually I’d love to have another sail on her.” We can take a hint. And […]
Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, reveals more memories and anecdotes that will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons in time for the film’s 50th anniversary in 2024. Many people have fond memories of watching the original movie of Swallows […]
You can now celebrate Nancy Blackett’s 90th Anniversary with our new Limited Edition Teatowel and embroidered clothing. The teatowel features a unique design, comprising a fascimile of Nancy Blackett’s original ‘birth certificate’ – the original Certificate of British Registry that was issued in 1931 – overlaid with a semi-transparent image of Nancy Blackett herself. Meanwhile, […]
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, has celebrated her 90th Anniversary by being featured in a short segment that was broadcast on ITV News Anglia on Monday evening. Hosted by Victoria Lampard, the segment was filmed on the River Orwell on 18th May in near-perfect conditions, and features contributions from the Nancy Blackett Trust’s President […]
Sophie Neville takes a closer look at some of the Swallows and Amazons film props recently featured on Antiques Roadshow… Last month BBC Antiques Roadshow featured some of the flags from the original movie Swallows and Amazons (1974) in which I played Titty Walker. These film props had been sent to me by the producer […]
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