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Ramp Holme
Ramp Holme is on Windermere, just south of the Hawkshead Ferry, close to Bowness (Rio). The name derives from the local name for wild garlic which grows on the island. Interestingly it also bears the -
Mary Walker
Mary Walker, mother of the Swallows and usually addressed by them as Mother is also known as the best of all natives. She is also called by the more childish title Mummy in Secret Water -
Walker family
The Walker family are Commander Ted Walker of the Royal Navy, his Australian-born wife Mary Walker and their children, often called the Swallows: John, Susan, Titty, Roger and Bridget. Swallow's ship's papers -
Windermere
Windermere is the name of both a large lake and a nearby town in the north-west of England. Lake Windermere is England's largest lake (10.5 miles long). Along with Coniston Water, it -
1929
1929 is the year in which Swallows and Amazons is set. Described in Swallows and Amazons: -
Ted Walker
Edward H R ('Ted') Walker usually called Daddy by the Swallows, is an officer of the Royal Navy. Although the Swallows usually address their mother as Mother, the more infantile title persists for their father -
Bicycle
Bicycles play a significant part in the plots of Pigeon Post and The Big Six, and are mentioned in other books. When the able seaman and the boy are exploring, they see a road through -
List of differences in Japanese and English versions
This is a list of differences in the Japanese translations of the Swallows and Amazons series relative to the original English versions. Items in English version missing from Japanese version -
Gender
Gender is an aspect of classic literature that can sometimes create clashes with modern tastes, including the quest for political correctness and concerns regarding sexism. This article attempts to list instances where gender is mentioned -
Breydon Water
Breydon Water is a large tidal estuary near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is 5 km long and more than 1.5 km wide in places. The Breydon Pilot lives in a houseboat: the old hulk -
Sinbad's Creek
Sinbad's Creek is a small tidal creek in the Secret Archipelago which runs from the lane leading to the Wade eastward in to Amazon Creek. As the creek widens, it is deep enough to -
Pin Mill
Pin Mill is a small village on the River Orwell, below Ipswich and above Shotley in Eastern England. It is the setting of the opening chapters of both We Didn't Mean to Go to -
Old Peter's Russian Tales
Old Peter's Russian Tales is a collection of Russian folk-tales by Arthur Ransome, who had gone to Russia to learn the language (and escape from his first marriage) in 1913. He began writing -
Flushing Pilot
The Flushing Pilot or Dutch pilot is a broad, blue-clothed, red-faced man who has hairy hands with mottlings of blue (WD20). The (never-named) pilot takes Goblin into Flushing in We Didn’t -
Harwich harbour
Harwich harbour is on the estuaries of the River Stour and River Orwell and was for a long time the only safe anchorage between the River Thames and the Humber. The harbour has twin towns -
Falmouth
Falmouth is a town and port on the mouth of the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England. It was a frequent holiday location of the Walker family. Although no books in the -
Charcoal burners
The charcoal burners that feature in the Swallows and Amazons series are father and son, Old Billy and Young Billy (the Billies). They work in the traditional Cumbrian industry, charcoal burning, where they burn wood -
John Walker
John Walker — eldest of the Walker family children and Captain of the Swallow Captain John is generally the more rational of the two captains, Captain Nancy being inclined to recklessness. John is the closest thing -
Titty Walker
Titty Walker is Able Seaman of the Swallow, third-oldest and the most imaginative of the Walker family children. Titty's exploits were often central to the adventures, for example capturing the Amazon (SA20), the -
William
William is a pug dog belonging to Mrs Barrable. He is described as a hard worker and should become successful by a fortune-telling automatic weighing machine (CC13). William’s thoughts are sometimes given: He -
Swallows and Amazons for Ever!
Swallows and Amazons for Ever! is a book combining Coot Club and The Big Six. The TV series Swallows and Amazons Forever! prompted Arthur Ransome's publishers to issue a book with the same title -
Peggy Blackett
Peggy Blackett (real name: Margaret Blackett) is the second of the Amazons and is Mate and cook of the Amazon and Nancy Blackett's younger sister. In term time they go to the same boarding -
Polly Ann
Polly Ann is the hired wherry on board which the story of Peter Duck was written by the Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint during the 1930 Christmas holidays in Norfolk (TOS reprinted in CFT10). In -
Bohemia in London
Bohemia in London (1907) was Arthur Ransome's seventh published book, and his first success. The book is about literary and artistic London in the 1900s, and the area of London covered is Chelsea, Soho -
Dixons
Mr and Mrs Dixon live in Dixon's Farm on the eastern shore of the Lake. It is the closest farmhouse to Wild Cat Island. The bay in the lake, nearest the farm, is called
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