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See ‘Swallows and Amazons’ boats on display in the new Windermere Jetty museum

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The new Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories opened last Saturday (23rd March), and contains a number of boats, both old and new, related to Arthur Ransome and “Swallows and Amazons.”

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Secrets of the Walton Backwaters are revealed in a new film

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The Walton Backwaters are still remote and rather mysterious, very much as they were when Arthur Ransome chose them for the setting of “Secret Water”, published 80 years ago next year, but their secrets are now revealed in a brand new film on DVD, available from our Swallows and Amazons shop …