The premiere of Richard Pilbrow’s movie Swallows and Amazons was held 50 years ago at the ABC cinema in Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on 4th April 1974, as a Royal Gala charity matinee in aid of the charity KIDS. This Saturday (6th April 2024) sees a 50th Anniversary Screening of the film followed by a Q&A […]
Nancy Blackett was successfully launched on Thursday 28th March for the new sailing season. She was in a cradle at Harry King’s at Pin Mill, ready to launch from Wednesday (above – photo by Peter Willis). Back in her berth at Woolverstone (above and below – photos by Neil Brooks) – the close up shows […]
This year is the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Swallows and Amazons film, with some very special events to celebrate the occasion. On Saturday 6th April at 2.00pm there will be a 50th Anniversary Screening of the film followed by a Q&A session with cast and crew at the Cinema Museum in London. This event […]
A Christmas message from the Nancy Blackett Trust… We wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our supporters, members, friends and followers. Thank you for your ongoing support and have a wonderful time. Art by Claudia Myatt
It’s time for last orders for your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop! Choose from our fabulous range of “Swallows and Amazons” and Nancy Blackett gifts, knowing that your purchases will go to a very good cause – keeping Nancy Blackett afloat and available for everyone! Please order your Christmas gifts by Wednesday 13th December […]
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. […]
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