Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett will be open to visitors during the Harwich Sea Festival and Lifeboat Day on Saturday 29th July. Joining her for a day of nautical attractions and live entertainment are…
Open-air theatre performances of “Swallows and Amazons” headline this summer’s lineup of events, supported by public access to historic boats and film screenings, along with adventure days and cruises.
This July marks the forty-fifth anniversary of filming the original film “Swallows and Amazons” on Derwentwater when Ronald Fraser was obliged to walk the plank in a solar topi in July 1973. To celebrate the event, Sophie Neville, who played…
Following Nancy Blackett’s adventures in the Norfolk Broads for the first time in twenty years, here are highlights of the return trip back down the East Coast to the…
Capturing the essence of sailing on the Norfolk Broads, watch this video of Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett taken by mate Andy Morley…
Nancy Blackett’s first week on the Norfolk Broads for the first time in twenty years last week drew to a close with more words and photos from mate Andy Morley…
Mate Andy Morley shows what Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett and her crew got up to last week on Breydon Water and at Reedham, where she was sailing on the Norfolk Broads for the first time in twenty years, and meeting…
Last month Arthur Ransome’sNancy Blackett and crew embarked on an expedition to ‘Secret Water’ to coincide with the Old Gaffers Association’s Swallows and Amazons Weekend in the Walton Backwaters….
Actress Sophie Neville will be giving a talk on ‘The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons ‘ at the Alhambra Cinema in Keswick later this month. Sophie starred as Titty Walker in the 1974 film based on the classic Arthur Ransome story set …