Video: An Autumnal “Secret Water”
“Secret Water” was looking very inviting last Monday, thanks to the exceptionally high tides and blue sky, says Andrew Polson, who shot this short video from outdoor activity organiser…
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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Video: Behind The Scenes of Swallows and Amazons (1974) – Derwent Water
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Waiting around whilst filming “Swallows and Amazons” on the shore of Derwent Water…
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Rodney Dingle obituary
… of Arthur Ransome, Rodney’s last major project was writing the biography of Dr Roger Altounyan (2003), who pioneered the use of the inhalant Intal as a remedy for asthma, and who as a boy was the real-life model for Roger in Swallows and Amazons .
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Get Back Into Reading With Nancy Blackett’s Book Month!
Get back into reading with a little help from Nancy Blackett’s Book Month, celebrating 80 years of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”! We’re encouraging everybody to get reading after…
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Let’s Celebrate the North Sea Voyages of Nancy Blackett and Goblin
We’re celebrating the voyages of Nancy Blackett, and the Goblin in “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, with our new North Sea Voyage Commemorative Postcards and Mini-Posters. They…
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Nancy Blackett’s Autumn Roundup
Nancy Blackett had a busy Autumn between her Dutch Adventure over the summer and the 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” in October, writes John…
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It’s Book Month at the Nancy Blackett Trust!
Welcome to the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Book Month, celebrating 80 years of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, first published November 1937. Here at the Nancy Blackett Trust, we’re all…
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Photos and Recap – Weeks 7 and 8 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure
This summer Nancy Blackett went on an epic eight-week sailing adventure in Holland, following her commemorative departure in a 40-boat flotilla from the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. Her final two weeks…
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Win a Signed Copy of Sophie Neville’s “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)”
To celebrate the start of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Book Month, you should enter our competition to win a signed copy of the second edition of “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)” by…