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Post by Claire on Oct 3, 2016 18:46:09 GMT 1
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Post by kunuma1 on Oct 4, 2016 16:34:14 GMT 1
Thanks for that Claire, lovely to see - if I ever actually get to go on a holiday, that's where i would go - I gather they are currently remaking the original film - but if it follows the way of most remakes, it will be a let down, not endearing itself to me if it's setting the home base in Yorkshire instead so off to a bad start with me already! Still sulking over Poldark! lol
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Post by darkhorse on Oct 5, 2016 13:30:48 GMT 1
Lovely pictures. It looks beautiful there. I wouldn't say I am a huge fan of the books but I did read the first one in my childhood and enjoyed it. Also enjoyed the old film version. Kunuma, I think the new version is already out!
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Post by Claire on Oct 5, 2016 16:23:15 GMT 1
You are correct darkhorse, the new film is out. It was playing in the local cinema while I was there! Not sure how much of it is set in Yorkshire, I think some of it is still set around Coniston. Found this article about the Yorkshire part of the filming. There's another change too: Titty has become Tatty in the film. What is really good is that I found at last the reason for the name Titty in the book!!! Here it is: "Titty was a nickname for a girl called Mavis, who was from a real family. She was called Titty Mouse."Mystery solved! www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/cinema/exclusive-on-location-in-yorkshire-with-swallows-and-amazons-1-8059058
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Post by vera on Oct 22, 2016 3:41:00 GMT 1
beautiful pictures; thank you. I have just read peter Duck which is of course not set on Coniston waters...I saw a Swallows and Amazons film on tv recently and it was very bad; major disappointment
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Post by susanb on Dec 20, 2016 21:40:31 GMT 1
I just realized I never got 'round to posting on this thread! Yes, I've enjoyed the books from the series that I've read, I still have some to go. Favorites so far would be the first book, Swallows and Amazons itself, and Swallowdale. I've got the early US hardcovers, which had different cover art, though the same text. One of the most respected reviews of children's books in the US is The Horn Book, which began it's "Horn Book Fanfare" list of the best books of a given year in 1938...and they had a lot to cheer about that year! Here's a link to the full list which includes, among others, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome, The Far Distant Oxus by Katherine Hull and Pamela Whitlock, and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein: www.hbook.com/1938/12/choosing-books/recommended-books/horn-book-fanfare-1938/
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Post by Claire on Dec 21, 2016 0:03:26 GMT 1
Interesting link susan. But, oh dear, I wouldn't put The Far Distant Oxus in the same league as The Hobbit or the Arthur Ransome book. I'm afraid I found Oxus a total snore-fest!
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 22, 2017 20:49:46 GMT 1
Ransome really rated The Far Distant Oxus which was early fan fiction. I've never understood why. Seven stories now have the archive so I'm going to read their other books and see if they progressed.
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