![]() For others who haven’t grown out of loving Swallows & Amazons, here’s some fascinating posts on Sophie Neville’s blog about filming the charcoal burning scene (Sophie played Titty Walker in the 1974 film). Most of the books center on the camping and sailing expeditions of the children near a particular fictional lake in the area. ![]() We’ll continue to keep you updated throughout our research, particularly if we come across any particularly interesting objects or stories. Swallows and Amazons is a classic series of children's books by Arthur Ransome, about two-and then later three-families of children (the Walkers or 'Swallows', the Blacketts or 'Amazons', and eventually the Callums or 'Ds') who vacation in the Lake District of England. ![]() For many of our visitors we hope be able to provide similar hooks, whether that’s the engaging personal story of a migrant hop-picker from London’s east end, a demonstration of how to use a particular hand tool, or a discussion of the links between farm mechanisation and wider world events. ![]() I was somewhat disappointed to find no reference in my research to the practice of keeping an adder in a cigar box for good luck like Old Billy and Young Billy did! I think, though, that if I can be fascinated by charcoal burning because it featured in my favourite childhood book, it is because the story provides a familiar hook to what is essentially a process with very little connection to my life. ![]() If I’m totally honest with myself, too, the main reason I was so keen to research charcoal burning was my memories of watching the charcoal burning scene in the 1974 film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows & Amazons. ![]()
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