To celebrate the upcoming 25th anniversaries of the Nancy Blackett Appeal and the Nancy Blackett Trust (and the 90th anniversary of Nancy Blackett herself) we now have discounts of up to 27% on our bone china mugs. Our Limited Edition Nancy Blackett Bone China mug is now on sale for 23% off at just £10 […]
You can now get a free gift with every purchase of Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin until the end of this year. You can choose between a coaster, fridge magnet or a large square greetings card featuring the book’s cover art of Nancy Blackett sailing past Pin Mill by Woodbridge-based marine artist Claudia Myatt.  […]
It’s eighty years since the publication of Arthur Ransome’s classic Norfolk Broads story The Big Six, so an anniversary talk was given by the Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis as part of the Sea Fever Literary Festival in October. Wells Maltings has now published the video of the talk which you can watch below, while […]
From the makers of Walton’s Secret Water and A Journey Through Constable Country, this new film is an affectionate look at the ancient seaport of Harwich, home of the legendary Mayflower that took the Pilgrim Fathers to the New World. Mostly shot during the summer of 2019, Portrait of Harwich shows the Harwich Arts and Illuminate […]
The first new Christmas card for some time joins the Nancy Blackett range – titled “Christmas in the Shed”, it’s a square format blank card featuring a whimsical Claudia Myatt design with Nancy Blackett decorated for the season in the boatyard. It’s available from the Nancy Blackett Shop in packs of 10 at £5, and […]
Bidding is well under way for a hardback first edition copy of The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974), signed for you by the author Sophie Neville, and brought to your door or PO Box by Royal Mail (UK delivery is paid for). All money from the winning bid will be sent as a […]
Last Thursday a small team of Trust members helped prepare Nancy Blackett’s end-of-season laying up at Robertson’s in Woodbridge. Contents of the cabin, along with the liferaft and other equipment were removed and packed away for the winter, and the sails were stripped in readiness for the haul-out, which took place on the Friday. Neil […]
The classic TV documentary A Voyage with Nancy Blackett is back in the Nancy Blackett Shop, now as a DVD – but supplies are strictly limited. The half-hour programme was made for Anglia TV in 1992 and features Nancy Blackett sailing on the River Orwell and the Walton Backwaters, with commentary from Christina Hardyment, Roger […]
Grab a chance and don’t be sorry for a might-have-been! Many of our supporters have already started buying their Christmas gifts from us, so to help you plan ahead for your own shopping, here’s our handy guide to our last dates for ordering your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop… Please note that our […]
Nancy Blackett completed a successful delivery trip to her winter home at Woodbridge on Sunday morning. She departed from Woolverstone at 7:30am with a crew of two onboard, arriving at lunchtime at Woodbridge, being met by a welcome group of some Trust members. Some photos of the day are below…
Yes – Arthur Ransome’s The Big Six – the sequel to Coot Club – was published 80 years ago in 1940, on 29th November in fact. To mark the occasion, North Norfolk’s Sea Fever Literary Festival has invited the Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis to give a talk on the book and how it […]
Sophie Neville asks readers to write in with any points that they may notice that she can add to a third edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974)… Viewers of the original Swallows and Amazons film have written to point out that when the Amazons sailed up to Captain Flint’s […]
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