The Nancy Blackett Trust attended the Beale Park Boat and Outdoor Show last weekend, with its own stall, and having brought Swallow. Decent-sized crowds experienced a wide variety of exhibitors, boats and displays, as well as some sunny weather . View our Flickr photo album here of the Saturday from around the show.
Last weekend the Nancy Blackett Trust brought Swallow to the Beale Park Boat and Outdoor Show, where good weather was experienced throughout and a number of visitors got the chance to sail her. View our Flickr album here or our slideshow below of Swallow being rowed on the Saturday evening by Claudia Myatt, Artist-in-Residence, and […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust brought Swallow to the Beale Park Boat and Outdoor Show last weekend. Good weather was experienced throughout and a number of visitors got the chance to sail her. View our Flickr photo album here of Swallow being sailed on the Saturday evening by Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, and […]
Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire’s Matt Allwright yesterday morning live from the Beale Park Boat and Outdoor Show. Among the topics discussed were Swallow’s rediscovery and rescue by auction and the relevance of the story of “Swallows and Amazons” to today’s society. You can listen to the […]
Swallow, the boat used in the classic 1974 film of “Swallows and Amazons”, is coming to Beale Park Boat and Outdoor Show in June. She will be launched on the lake, and rigged with the original patched sail as seen in the much-loved film. Swallow was rediscovered in 2010 when Turks Boatbuilders held an auction […]
With everyone heading to the Riverside Theatre in Woodbridge for tomorrow’s 40th anniversary charity screening of the classic “Swallows and Amazons”, we can report that it is now completely sold out. Presented by the Nancy Blackett Trust, the event includes a special on-stage appearance by Sophie Neville (who plays ‘Titty’ in the film), and who will […]
Robertson’s Boatyard was a hive of activity last Saturday (14th March) ahead of Nancy Blackett’s fitting-out party next Saturday, 21st March. The antifouling team, comprising Ian McGlynn, Neil Brooks, Elizabeth Moad and new member Steve Jarvis, also found time to polish her topsides. Meanwhile in the shed, repairs to the mast have been completed, and […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust will present a special 40th anniversary charity screening of the classic “Swallows and Amazons” film in April, with a special on-stage appearance by Sophie Neville (who plays ‘Titty’ in the film), and who will also be signing copies of her book “The Making of Swallows & Amazons”. Also on show will […]
Today is the last day that you can enter our Vintage Children’s Classics Competition. To celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of “Secret Water” earlier this month the Nancy Blackett Trust teamed up with Vintage Books to give you another chance to win a bumper prize. If you like to have a final chance […]
To celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of “Secret Water” last Friday the Nancy Blackett Trust has once again teamed up with Vintage Books to give you another chance to win a bumper prize. You could get your hands on a full set of the Arthur Ransome Vintage Children’s Classics and a year’s free […]
Today is the 75th anniversary of the publication of “Secret Water”, the eighth book in Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” series of children’s books. The story is set in the Walton Backwaters and is the second book to feature Nancy Blackett as the Goblin, this time in a cameo role. There have been a number of […]
Last Saturday saw Nancy Blackett being laid-up at the Tide Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, in preparation for her end-of-season lift-out yesterday. On a day that saw a mixture of heavy showers and clear skies, volunteer members of the Trust worked hard to empty out and clean up Nancy, before partaking in a picnic lunch. The […]
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