Swallows & Amazons (1974) starring Virginia McKenna is to be broadcast on BBC 2 at 12.20 on Sunday 30th August 2020, recalling the adventures of the Walker and Blackett families on a “Lake in the North” in August 1929 before the school term began, writes Sophie Neville. Hailed as “the feel-good film of Lockdown”, it […]
Last Friday, Nancy Blackett Trust members Keith and Lindsay were able to visit Nancy Blackett at her Woolverstone Marina berth, and have kindly supplied their photos of the day below…
The original film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” returns to the BBC this Sunday 30th August . The 1974 film will be available to watch here on iPlayer for 30 days, following a repeat broadcast on BBC2 at 12:20pm. The behind-the-scenes story of the film is told in the book “The Making of […]
Those kids are back – all of them plus two new Maori friends – for a new environmentally-aware and Ransome-inspired adventure that starts when they discover a wounded seal. In Those Seal Rock Kids, his fifth book in this Ransome-influenced series, Jon Tucker deftly marshals the original kids – Jess, Jake and Fin, plus friends […]
Jon Tucker’s breezy Ransome-inspired Those Kids books are all about showing that modern youngsters can still find adventure camping and sailing when their parents give them a little trust and freedom – and now they’re available from the Nancy Blackett Shop. Set in various locations around the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, they follow […]
Sophie Neville’s hand-painted maps of locations featured in her book on The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) are now available on a variety of collectors’ mugs from her Redbubble shop. There are three designs of maps, one each for Windermere, Coniston Water and Derwent Water, and three designs of mugs, including ceramic classic and tall […]
Although Nancy Blackett has now returned to her summer base at Woolverstone Marina, we are still restricted by Social Distancing regulations about the use that we can make of her. Her return from her winter base at Woodbridge on 10th July was only made possible by the skipper and mate being of the same family […]
Nancy Blackett successfully returned to Woolverstone Marina yesterday, courtesy of skipper Robin Sadler and his daughter. Following some intense preparations behind the scenes from other Trust volunteers, they set sail from Woodbridge yesterday at 1445 in fair conditions, arriving at Woolverstone at 1945. Robin has kindly supplied the following photos of the trip…
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. The scene when John, Susan, Titty and Roger ran up to the Peak of Darien was eventually shot on location at Runnymede. Director Claude Whatham, wearing blue shorts, and Producer Richard Pilbrow can be seen setting up the shot […]
John Smith has kindly posted the photo below of Nancy Blackett in the Woodbridge Tidemill Yacht Harbour on 3rd July 2020, while awaiting suitable conditions for a late start to the sailing season.
The latest exhibition at Windermere Jetty features many items relating to author Arthur Ransome, his life and his most famous book Swallows and Amazons, celebrating the 90th anniversary of its publication. While the museum remains temporarily closed, it has produced a short Curator’s Tour video of the exhibition which you can watch below…
Nancy Blackett has at last been relaunched, and is currently moored at Robertson’s boatyard where she will be allowed time to ‘take up’ as planks adjust after months of drying out – lately in very hot weather – ashore, which has resulted in some small leaks in the hull. Peter Willis and Neil Brooks have […]
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