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 […]
Peter Duck, once owned by Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome (and now owned by another well-known writer, book reviewer and publisher Julia Jones) was spotted last week moored on the River Deben at Woodbridge by James Mitchell…
Swallow from the original Swallows and Amazons film visited the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow at Windermere Jetty on Tuesday. Rob Boden took her along while filming was taking place, and enjoyed answering questions from art expert Rupert Maas about how she was acquired at auction in 2010 (with some assistance from the Nancy Blackett Trust) and […]
The Nancy Blackett stall proved to be popular with visitors at Robertsons Boatyard in Woodbridge on their Open Day last Sunday. Robertsons also kindly provided a collections box for donations, as well as some excellent refreshments, while the September sun encouraged visitors to support the Trust with stall and raffle purchases. If you were unable to […]
Come and meet the Nancy Blackett Trust at Robertsons Boatyard, Woodbridge – Nancy Blackett’s winter home – during their Open Day this Sunday, 20th September. Anyone interested is welcome to come along, and while Nancy Blackett herself won’t be there, members of the Trust will be manning an information and sales stand. They will also […]
Sophie Neville has released a collection of women’s clothing, featuring her hand-painted maps of locations featured in her book on The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974). Available from her Redbubble shop, the collection, which is perfect for birthday gifts, can be seen here. You can also preview some of the designs below… Derwentwater map A-line dress […]
From the makers of Walton’s Secret Water, this new film, A Journey Through Constable Country, takes the viewer on an exploration of the countryside around the Stour and Orwell that inspired John Constable, one of East Anglia’s greatest painters, visiting the landscapes, towns and villages that he loved around the Stour and Orwell estuaries and further […]
An exhibition celebrating the Armenian connections of Swallows and Amazons has opened in the Newbiggin Maritime Centre, Northumberland. Swallows and Armenians has arrived at beautiful Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland! #swallows #Aleppo #LakeDistrict #arthurransome #swallowsforever #tittyforever #displacement #migration pic.twitter.com/6cOsKCsPHe — Swallows and Armenians (@babayancumbria) September 1, 2020 Swallows and Armenians is a passionate and personal project by artist […]
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