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| − | [[image:TomAR.jpg|An unused sketch by Arthur Ransome of Tom, published in [[CFT]]]] |
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'''Tom Dudgeon''' is the skipper of the ''[[Titmouse]]'' and leader of [[the Coot Club]]. He is the older son of [[Dr Dudgeon]] and [[Ella Dudgeon]] and older brother to "[[our baby]]". |
'''Tom Dudgeon''' is the skipper of the ''[[Titmouse]]'' and leader of [[the Coot Club]]. He is the older son of [[Dr Dudgeon]] and [[Ella Dudgeon]] and older brother to "[[our baby]]". |
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Revision as of 05:35, 12 November 2014
Tom Dudgeon in the BBC adaptation Swallows and Amazons Forever!
An unused sketch by Arthur Ransome of Tom, published in CFT
Tom Dudgeon is the skipper of the Titmouse and leader of the Coot Club. He is the older son of Dr Dudgeon and Ella Dudgeon and older brother to "our baby".
Tom is older than Dick; he refers to "young Dick" in CC16. The "scrap of grey flannel" from "sombody's trousies" (BS18) is like what Tom wear says Pete; suggesting that Tom is old enough to wear long trousers like George Owdon and Ralph Strakey. However he is shown in short trousers in various pictures (eg BS1,10). Dick thinks when he first meets Tom that hundreds of boys wore flannel shorts (CC1).
Coot Club is dedicated "To the Skipper of the Titmouse"; suggesting that Arthur Ransome modelled Tom on someone.