Ransome Centre Hopes

[Lakesailor]

There are moves in hand to set up a centre dedicated to Arthur Ransome http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co...some_tourist_attraction_in_the_Lake_District/

 

[Seajet]

That has to be a good idea.

I wonder if they could tie in with the Nancy Blackett trust...

 

[Lakesailor]

oooh. I think you're talking about empire-building and toe-treading there...

 

[dylanwinter]

is this museum devoted to THE Arthur Ransome - champion mouse breeder and double agent

 

[lotusman]

does trustee Mr Flint have family connection to Uncle Jim?

 

[Mariner69]

I thought the Swallows and Amazons were set in the Walton Backwaters. Is it the same writer?

 

[lotusman]

It is the same writer.

Walton Backwaters - Hamford Water - is the setting for Secret Water, 8th book in series of 12 of which 5 were based in the lake district

 

[Achillesheel]

Not to mention Coot Club and The Big Six on the Broads, and Picts & Martyrs and Great Northern set in Scotland.

 

[lotusman]

Picts and Martyrs based in Lake District

Incomplete 13th book, Coots in the North, was to have included broads and lakes