Come along to the Arthur Ransome Jamboree at Pin Mill in Suffolk
On Saturday 13th May members of the Nancy Blackett Trust have asked me to open the Arthur Ransome Jamboree 2017 at Pin Mill in Suffolk at 12.00 noon.
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Outdoor cinema, literary festival and jamboree coming to Shotley peninsula for Arthur Ransome East Coast Celebration – East Anglian Daily Times
A vintage cinema bus, jamboree and literary festival are just some of the activities booked for a bumper programme of events coming to the Shotley peninsula this summer.
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Drink a toast to Swallows and Amazons – and support Nancy Blackett
Celebrate Swallows and Amazons and the start of our sailing season in style with our fabulous collection of ceramic and fine bone china mugs, available now from the Nancy Blackett Shop.
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Grab a chance to sail on Nancy Blackett this year
Even though Nancy Blackett’s due to spend a couple of months in Holland this summer, that still leaves twenty weeks of the sailing season open for you to book a sail – half-day, full day,…
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Nancy Blackett’s new mast, appeal update and more…
Progress continues on Nancy Blackett’s new mast. Making it began in January at specialist spar-makers Collars, while it is now at Robertsons and in the process of being prepared to drop into…
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Nancy Blackett is now 86 years young
It might be hard to be believe, but Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett celebrated her 86th anniversary yesterday (30th March), receiving lots of birthday wishes on social media. Born in 1931 at…
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How to sail on Nancy Blackett this year
Everyone should have the unique experience of sailing Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett, especially around the locations where his Swallows and Amazons series stories “We Didn’t Mean…
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Extracts from Nancy Blackett’s 2016 Logbook
BBC Radio Suffolk visits Nancy’s ‘Push the Boat Out’ open weekend at Woolverstone, and roving reporter Simon Warr is shown how to tie a bowline knot by Peter Willis…
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20, 50, 80 years on… Welcome to the New Year, and to Arthur Ransome’s East Coast…
This new year, 2017, will not only see the 20th anniversary of the Nancy Blackett Trust, but it will also be 80 years since the publication of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea“, and on a more sombre note, 50 years since Arthur Ransome died…