With Christmas upon us in just a few weeks’ time, here’s our handy guide to the Nancy Blackett Shop’s special Christmas offers. Our Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Teatowel & Tote Bag Offer is still available (below), the designs of which are based in the cover of Good Little Ship: Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the […]
Grab hold of our new special offer on Nancy Blackett Christmas cards and save 20% when buying three packs. You can buy three 10-card packs of our exclusive Christmas card designs (normally £5 each) for just £12 – saving 20%. Choose from either the “Three Ships”, “Christmas in the Shed” or “Santa Claus” designs – all are by marine […]
It is perhaps a little-known fact that Tower Bridge is legally obliged to open for any vessel tall enough to need it, free of charge (it was a condition of permission for it to be built). Openings nowadays are at fixed times to suit the convenience of the bridge, and the traffic that uses it […]
Amazon, the iconic dinghy used in both the 1974 film and 1963 BBC TV serial of Swallows and Amazons, will be on display at this month’s Southampton International Boat Show, while Sophie Neville, who captured Amazon when she played Able Seaman Titty in the 1974 film, will be giving 4 illustrated talks at the show […]
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht Nancy Blackett will be open to visitors again this weekend at the Classic Boat Festival in St Katherine Docks, London. The annual boating extravaganza will also see over 40 other beautiful vintage and exquisitely preserved vessels assemble in the central basin of St Katharine Docks, including the Dunkirk Little Ships, motorboats […]
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett has returned to Littlehampton in Sussex, as part of her three-week summer visit to the Solent. Nancy Blackett was built by David Hillyard of Littlehampton in 1931, and arrived in the port this afternoon (Thursday 22nd June) having departed from Woolverstone on Sunday morning, with intermediate stops at Ramsgate, Dover, Eastbourne […]
Selina King, the yacht that Arthur Ransome had built as a replacement for Nancy Blackett, visited the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM on Saturday, following her relaunch after an eleven-year restoration. Built by Harry King’s of Pin Mill in 1938, she recently returned there to complete the work originated in Bermuda and continued in Chichester Harbour. […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust has recently hosted a flurry of Activity Days, giving more local children a wonderful chance to explore Nancy Blackett, be introduced to Arthur Ransome’s classic stories and learn about the East Coast, writes Sue Coales… The Activity Days kicked off with two visits from Chelmondiston School on April 24th and 26th. […]
TARS – The Arthur Ransome Society – has taken ownership of the two iconic dinghies featured in the 1974 film of Swallows and Amazons, with the aim of restoring them in time for the film’s 50th anniversary next year. Swallow was bought for £1 from the ‘SailRansome’ group which had managed her since the collective […]
On this day, fifty years ago, the filming of Swallows and Amazons began in the Lake District, writes Sophie Neville… 14th May 1973 was the first day of making the original movie Swallows & Amazons on location in the Lake District. A huge effort had been made to set-dress Haverthwaite Railway Station, at the southern […]
Members of the Nancy Blackett Trust can now book for this year’s Annual General Meeting and Summer Social in June at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. The AGM starts at 11am on Saturday 17th June, while the Summer Social commences at 2pm and features talks from Sarah Curtis of Harry King’s Boatyard about Pin Mill […]
Marking the coronation of HM King Charles III, Sophie Neville looks at the many connections between the Royal Family and Swallows and Amazons since it was first published in 1930. HM Queen Elizabeth II said that Swallows and Amazons (1974) was her favourite film. She had been given the book of Swallows and Amazons as […]
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