Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, is featured in this year’s Coastal Guide with a cover photo and a three-page spread. The Coastal Guide is a free annual publication that promotes various destinations, activities and facilities on the East Coast, and is distributed via sailing and yacht clubs, marinas, chandleries, brokerages, bars, restaurants and other […]
Last Tuesday, Nancy Blackett was out on the River Orwell being filmed for Anglia TV for her 90th anniversary, but getting there was something of an adventure in itself, write Sue Coales… It all began at Easter when Victoria Lampard, presenter for Anglia TV News, got in touch about filming Nancy Blackett as part of […]
Sophie Neville appeared with some of her Swallows & Amazons movie memorabilia on Antiques Roadshow last Sunday (9th May), having previously written about her experience and been interviewed about it on BBC Radio Cumbria. Sophie’s memorabilia included a variety of props and photographs, and she received an unexpected expert valuation for them, which you can […]
Ahead of her appearance on Sunday’s BBC Antiques Roadshow, Sophie Neville was interviewed by Helen Millican about her collection of Swallows and Amazons movie memorabilia and her experiences of making the film. The 12-minute interview was broadcast on BBC Radio Cumbria on 8th May. You can download it here or listen to it below…
Last Saturday (1st May) Nancy Blackett made her delivery voyage of her 90th Anniversary season yesterday from Woodbridge to Woolverstone, arriving at 7:30pm, braving a cold May Day with rain and hail. Here’s our photo gallery of the day…
This coming Sunday 9th May, BBC Antiques Roadshow returns to Windermere Jetty in the Lake District at 7.00pm, with the episode featuring Swallows and Amazons movie memorabilia, writes Sophie Neville… Swallows and Amazons fans expressed great excitement when an episode was first broadcast from the museum on Sunday 21st February as they featured Swallow, the […]
Last Thursday saw Nancy Blackett’s 90th anniversary celebrated during her start-of-season launch at Robertsons Boatyard in Woodbridge. You can now watch our video of the highlights of the special day below…
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, was launched last Thursday (29th April) with celebrations marking her 90th anniversary, as shown in our photo gallery of the day below…
Nancy Blackett made her delivery voyage of her 90th Anniversary season yesterday (1st May), braving a cold May Day with rain and hail to sail from Woodbridge to Woolverstone, arriving at 7:30pm. Robin Sadler recorded her leaving the River Deben in the short video below:
Ahead of Nancy Blackett’s 90th Anniversary launch on Thursday, the Nancy Blackett Trust President, Peter Willis, spoke to BBC Radio Suffolk’s Lesley Dolphin about Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the anniversary. The 8-minute long interview was broadcast on Wednesday 28th April, and you can download it here or listen to it below…
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, was launched for her 90th Anniversary season earlier today at Robertsons Boatyard in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Claudia Myatt, Sue Coales and Peter Willis were on hand to record the occasion, and more stories of the event will follow… Music bunting and cake were pictured by Peter Willis. The cake was […]
Arthur Ransome has been honoured with an English Heritage London Blue Plaque for one of his first homes in the city. He lived at No. 1 Gunter Grove, Chelsea, in the front ground-floor room, between the spring of 1904 and October 1905. The English Heritage plaque was ‘unveiled’, virtually, this month (April), by means of […]
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