@tarsociety.bsky.social
Arthur was born in 1884 in Leeds. The Society was set up to popularise his many books (not just for children) and encourage research into his life and work. https://arthur-ransome.org/
Mrs Delooze’s group went to Coniston after lunch. We skimmed stones from the shore before canoeing to the island that was the inspiration for the Swallows and Amazons book and film. After exploring the island, we canoed back across the lake.
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Mrs Ralph’s group had an amazing morning. It was all very ‘Swallows and Amazons’. We canoed out to an island, had a hot chocolate and went for an explore.
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Rebecca Vincent Art
"Inspired by a family holiday to Ullswater in the #LakeDistrict, this image remembers the little islands that are populated by a small sample native forest. They seem like magical places that one longs to visit just like in Swallows and Amazons!"
From Amazing Maps. Comparing the latitudes of major world cities with Europe.
10.10.2025 09:20 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The name Susan is a shortened form of the Hebrew name Shoshannah.
Did Old Testament biblical names maybe go out of fashion?
Rainbow coloured arrowheads on rainbow coloured ribbons.
I made these for friends last year, but seeing if anyone else would be interested for xmas? They're painted plaster of paris, modelled from real arrowheads.
£35 a set incl. gift box, gift tag & 24hr SignedFor postage (sorry, can only do UK).
(... & there's more artefacts to come!)
#Archaeology 🏺
A ring key, a clever combination of a piece of jewellery with a working key, often used to secure small boxes or personal items. (NT/ Jayne Gough)
*NEWS* #AttinghamUnearthed🏺
Recent excavations have uncovered remarkable insights into life on the fringes of #Wroxeter: archaeologists worked alongside volunteers & members of the public revealing an Iron Age roundhouse, a #Roman industrial complex & a shrine.
#archaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk
The Mobile Library on the ferry to Rousay and Egilsay but the background is Hokusai's painting The Great Wave off Kanagawa
We have an announcement.
#BookyMcBookface our Mobile Library is away on the ferry to the islands of Rousay and Egilsay today, but due to bad weather he will NOT be visiting Egilsay this afternoon. All Rousay stops will be as normal.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
From Lucy Worsley
"One thing I love about living in central London is that yesterday I was able to text home 'sorry going to be late, my boat got stuck behind the HMS Waverley, the UK's oldest working steam ship."
Publication date of Swallows and Amazons is 1930 - so perhaps that is where it starts as it starts to become popular in the 40s? Bit of a Peter Pan effect i.e Wendy??
06.10.2025 20:29 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Also starred as a policeman in the tv series 'Swallows and Amazons Forever' set in the Norfolk Broads.
Which has no Swallows (Walkers) in it or Amazons (Blacketts)
Aubrey-Maturin novels. Swallows and Amazons books. Judge Dee mysteries. Robert Louis Stevenson's collected short stories. Colette's collected short stories. Anything by Peter Dickinson.
07.10.2025 22:23 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Hey British children’s lit pals! What is it about “Susan”? I’m British Gen X and I think it was maybe considered old fashioned by families naming their daughters in the late 60s?
But:
Susan the First Mate in the Swallows and Amazons
Susan the Queen in Narnia
Susan the sister of Colin in Garner
From On This Day RN
"The offing is the part of the sea near the shore, therefore when a ship was about to arrive in harbour it was ‘in the offing’."
Sharing partly because Bardsey Obs is a beautiful place that does good work, but mainly because, thanks to Arthur Ransome, any mention of a great northern diver makes me smile, however tired and ohhelltonorrowismonday-ish I may be feeling.
05.10.2025 23:12 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The sad thing is that the name conjures up images of Arthur Ransome-style sailing boats, etc but is just a very unloved seaside town that the rest of Suffolk forgot.
It's the only place that we've never returned to in over 20 years of holidaying in the county.
Saturday 11th October 2025
12.30pm to 7:30pm
aboard the Tall Ship Glenlee in Glasgow
glasgowshanty.weebly.com
Black and white photo showing a kettle on the sill of a very dirty window. Immediately outside the window is the very recognisable steelwork of the Forth Bridge.
My dad has turned up this photo from a visit "many years ago" to the Forth Bridge. I think it's taken from what he calls the howff, just below track level, used by the maintenance workers.
I guess when you're engaged in a proverbially endless task, you need a wee cup of tea once in a while.
From Norfolk Wildlife Trust
'Just in time for spooky season...
This incredible death's-head hawk-moth was photographed by one of our followers at Rollesby Primary School!
Named for the skull-like marking on its back, it's one of the UK's largest moths with a wingspan of up to 13 cm.'
Scottish Islands too?
Skye, Mull, Iona, Rhum, Coll, Lewis, Harris, Eigg etc.
I’ve been on a fair amount of islands around the world and the ones in Greece are unmatched. I’ve pretty much exhausted most of my pics in here so you’re about to receive a steady stream of these pics once they’re processed. Cleanest water I’ve ever experienced.
Sorry NZ and Caribbean.
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A photo of Orkney Library & Archive stuck onto a photo of the northern lights
Incredible Aurora Borealis in #Orkney last night so glad we stayed up late to see it
01.10.2025 09:25 — 👍 341 🔁 31 💬 10 📌 1Daniel Lawrence Lurie - politician and philanthropist is the 46th mayor of San Francisco - a post that Uncle Jim claimed to hold when interrogated by Missee Lee!
In his City San Francisco Maritime National Park Association Ball will be held 25th October.
maritime.org/gala2025
"Being read to when you’re very young is such a great boost."
Great to see our Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @ #LabourConference2025 talking the importance of shared reading & our #ReadingRights report on @news.sky.com.
📺 From 52 mins:
news.sky.com/sunday-morni...
At LA Comic Con I saw employees struggling to help a Superman whose cape was stuck in the escalator and it felt like a metaphor.
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