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See Amazon and Sophie Neville at the Southampton International Boat Show

by Nancy Blackett

Amazon, the iconic dinghy used in both the 1974 film and 1963 BBC TV serial of Swallows and Amazons, will be on display at this month’s Southampton International Boat Show, while Sophie Neville, who captured Amazon when she played Able Seaman Titty in the 1974 film, will be giving 4 illustrated talks at the show […]

See Nancy Blackett in London at the Classic Boat Festival

by Nancy Blackett

Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht Nancy Blackett will be open to visitors again this weekend at the Classic Boat Festival in St Katherine Docks, London. The annual boating extravaganza will also see over 40 other beautiful vintage and exquisitely preserved vessels assemble in the central basin of St Katharine Docks, including the Dunkirk Little Ships, motorboats […]

A Flurry of Nancy Blackett Activity Days

by Nancy Blackett

The Nancy Blackett Trust has recently hosted a flurry of Activity Days, giving more local children a wonderful chance to explore Nancy Blackett, be introduced to Arthur Ransome’s classic stories and learn about the East Coast, writes Sue Coales… The Activity Days kicked off with two visits from Chelmondiston School on April 24th and 26th. […]

Bookings are now open for the Nancy Blackett Trust AGM and Summer Social

by Nancy Blackett

Members of the Nancy Blackett Trust can now book for this year’s Annual General Meeting and Summer Social in June at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. The AGM starts at 11am on Saturday 17th June, while the Summer Social commences at 2pm and features talks from Sarah Curtis of Harry King’s Boatyard about Pin Mill […]

Sign up now for June’s marathon reading of Swallowdale in Windermere

by Nancy Blackett

A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story Swallowdale is happening at Windermere Jetty Museum on June 24th & 25th, and you can now sign up to participate in it. Swallowdale follows on from the great adventure of Swallows and Amazons and finds the brave crew of the Swallow, plus one parrot, beginning another summer […]

A free public talk about Arthur Ransome is in Ambleside next week

by Nancy Blackett

The University of Cumbria is hosting a free public talk about Arthur Ransome in Ambleside on Tuesday 4th April. Presented by Professor Sally Bushell of Lancaster University, this talk considers a spatial approach to children’s literature through the example of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series, defining the concept of “PlaySpace” as a shared space […]

Nancy Blackett joins Selina King ashore for the winter at Harry King’s, Pin Mill

by Nancy Blackett

Nancy Blackett is now ashore for the winter, following a long and busy autumn afloat, making the most of the unseasonably mild weather. She was collected last week from her berth at Woolverstone Marina on the spring tide and brought just a mile downriver to Pin Mill by Gus Curtis – to be lifted out […]

See Sophie Neville and Swallow at the Southampton International Boat Show this Saturday 24th September

by Nancy Blackett

Swallow, the iconic dinghy that starred in the original film of Swallows and Amazons is currently on display at the Southampton International Boat Show, greeting families as they arrive, while Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker in the film, has been giving talks on filming afloat and how it was made on location in the […]

Nancy Blackett at the St Katharine Dock Classic Boat Festival

by Nancy Blackett

Yesterday was a good day for Nancy Blackett at the St Katharine Dock Classic Boat Show in London, writes Bob Hull. It got off to a slow start after the Nancy Blackett crew went around to some other boats informing them they were incorrectly dressed in light of the guidance on Accession Day that flags […]

Nancy Blackett at the Felixstowe Book Festival

by Nancy Blackett

The Nancy Blackett Trust’s contribution to the Felixstowe Book Festival on Saturday June 25th was part of a highly entertaining and successful day-long series of events under the title of Suffolk and the Sea. The day included items from Trust members Claudia Myatt, Jane Russell from chart publishers Imray and Julia Jones, who also curated […]

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