http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum This is the Arthur Ransome society's message Forum. To post to this forum you must be a member of the Arthur Ransome society and have logged into the site using your username and password. If you are a member and do not have a username and password, please send your name, address and membership number to 'tarsnet@arthur-ransome.org' daily 1 2008-09-12T10:08:46Z http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/616548987/88612646/view Phil Ragan has reminded us on Tarboard that it will be the 80th anniversary of the publication of Swallows and Amazons, on 21 July. It would be great to mark ... 2010-03-21T11:07:47Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/525176955/view I am still very keen to see this Swallow kept sailing and made available to all, despite the various problems that we have discussed. In all seriousness, I am ... 2010-03-19T15:19:58Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/844963196/476996128/view It did have a nice introduction. A 1995 limited edition reissue is available in the TARS Library. You may want to borrow it. The Library catalogue (2006) ... 2010-03-19T11:38:47Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/844963196/980650997/view So what AR wrote for the Book League was merely a list of books then? Or did it have a nice introduction that he wrote too? Just curious. I don't suppose this ... 2010-03-18T10:00:37Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/844963196/767030585/view The National Book League in London flourished in the 1950s-60s, partly as a book trade association, and partly as a social club with a good restaurant. It ... 2010-03-18T06:19:27Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/14769631/242341123/view Anchor thrown, new mast made and, most importantly, food rescued from knapsack.  TarBoard is now back online.  ... 2010-03-16T12:39:00Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/969565800/view Apart from Swallow they have some other interesting boats for sale several from different movies and TV series also a couple of steam launches, there is a ... 2010-03-15T19:20:27Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/405112096/501564/view Previously Robin Marshall wrote: I like that Rob, has anyone read any camping books of the 30s to see how they suggested handling this issue. Robin ... 2010-03-15T14:16:35Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/662359418/view Actually, when a nice boat is over 40 years old it's value will increase gradually, it won't depreciate! But the annual running costs are significant of ... 2010-03-15T14:02:24Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/458011384/view "emergency spending decisions" I am quite confident that Trustee agreement could be obtained in an emergency, by various methods, including the method Rob ... 2010-03-15T10:19:29Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/538991063/view Sorry, Robin! The discussion is now up to 14 messages so I lazily didn't look back.  Sorting out where to keep her and how to maintain her could be ... 2010-03-15T09:19:49Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/685730694/view The link to the auction is on the first post (mine) of this thread, currently 0 bids. Ideally and time is the factor would be to get members to donate to ... 2010-03-14T21:34:20Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/405112096/818650380/view The one we hired still had the original 1920s china bowl/pan and flushed straight into the river. My wife refused to use it and we cruised from pub to pub the ... 2010-03-14T21:06:37Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/892111390/view Just in case I was misunderstood, note that I originally said "I would really like to see TARS or the NBT bid for her", not "I demand that TARS bids for her" ... 2010-03-14T20:57:23Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/405112096/473082855/view Magnus - we hired one of the Lady boats from Potter Heigham about 8 years ago, and we can confirm that it is possible (depending on the design), to sit on ... 2010-03-14T20:42:58Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/844393561/view Previously Peter Hyland wrote: Magnus - who are the "5 people" ??? Oh, I was only imagining a handful of appropriate committee members who might ... 2010-03-14T20:41:38Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/50607577/view I didn't save the link, and Tarboard is down, but no-one had bid when I looked. I'd guess that as a boat it is worth c. £500, but of course it might sell for a ... 2010-03-14T19:28:28Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/74042986/view I was all set to log on in order to sketch out the reasons why TARS cannot at short notice bid for boats at auction, only to find that Geraint had already ... 2010-03-14T18:11:10Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/tars-general-discussion/728746161/296735578/view Re the replica Swallow idea discussed within TARS a few years ago: I should point out that this wasn't my idea alone, but something that a number of members ... 2010-03-14T17:05:39Z Comment http://www.arthur-ransome.org/forum/the-books/405112096/515611842/view I am extremely grateful to Swill for naming the 'Bunkle' author - I have been trying for ages to remember. I have just googled on Margot Pardoe and found all ... 2010-03-14T13:46:36Z Comment