Photo Gallery: Nancy Blackett’s 90th Anniversary Launch
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…
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Video: Nancy Blackett on her way to Woolverstone
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:
Listen to Peter Willis’ interview on BBC Radio Suffolk
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…
In photos: Nancy Blackett’s 90th Anniversary launch
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 […]
Ellen MacArthur greets Blue Plaque for Arthur Ransome’s early London home
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 […]
Books for schools as part of Nancy Blackett’s 90th birthday celebrations
To mark the 90th birthday of Arthur Ransome’s yacht Nancy Blackett, her owner the Nancy Blackett Trust is offering free copies of Arthur Ransome’s We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea to local schools in Suffolk. The book, part of his Swallows and Amazons series, features the Goblin, identical to the Nancy Blackett, and is […]
In Photos: Nancy Blackett On Hard Standing
Today the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Boat Manager, Neil Brooks, took more photos (below) of Nancy Blackett at Robertsons boatyard in Woodbridge, now on hard standing, having left the shed on Wednesday…
In Photos: Nancy Blackett Out of the Shed
On Wednesday Nancy Blackett was taken out of the shed at Robertsons in Woodbridge, and put in the mobile slings. Boat manager Neil Brooks captured the moment in the brilliant early April sunshine, and later, so did our resident artist Claudia Myatt…
Staged lifting of ‘lockdown’ delays start of Nancy Blackett’s summer season
The good news is that, if the ‘Roadmap’ goes according to plan, Nancy Blackett will be able to provide her usual summer sailing… eventually. Meanwhile, though, pandemic-related restrictions on the winter work mean that Nancy’s relaunch date – and our celebrations of her 90th Birthday – are put back by a month from the usual […]
Nancy Blackett’s Suffolk homes are the ‘best places to live’ in the East of England
Woodbridge – Nancy Blackett’s winter home – has been named as the best place to live in the East of England by The Sunday Times in its newly-published Best Places to Live Guide – and the Shotley Peninsula, Nancy’s summer base, also features in the list. Woodbridge, described as “arty, creative and historic” contains several […]
Charcoal Burners at Hill Top – Arthur Ransome’s last home in the Lake District
Stephen Sykes, owner of Hill Top, looks at the legacy of the charcoal burners who lived and worked in Arthur Ransome’s own back yard… There are two farmhouses in the Lake District both called Hill Top and both once owned by famous children’s authors – and just a few miles apart. One, of course was […]
More memories for the 3rd edition of Sophie Neville’s ‘The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons’
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. Since the experts on BBC Antiques Roadshow have been taking […]
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