1933
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[edit] Events in 1933
[edit] Winter of 1932-1933
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- The story of Missee Lee, "based on information provided by the Swallows and Amazons" is told. (See the article Missee Lee for chronology)
[edit] August 1933
- Events described in The Picts and the Martyrs
backstory:
- Mr Callum is correcting exam papers
- Mrs Blackett had the flu, Captain Flint took her on a voyage to Scandinavia for the first 10 days of summer holidays
[edit] Timeline
Numbers are actual dates in August 1933 (PM16); names are chapter titles (dates and events in parentheses occur outside the book's timeline).
- 2: Visitors Expected, The Visitors Arrive
- 3: Out of the Blue, The Dog's Home, Transformation Scenes, "She's Here!"
- 4: Secondhand News, Dealing With the Doctor, Harbour for the Scarab, Pigeons for Timothy
- 5: "A Better Pict Than Either of Us", A Signal From the Lawn, Tickling Trout
- 6: "They Can't Be Going to Sail...", Launching the Scarab, On Their Own
- 7: Waiting for the Message, Visiting Seal
- 8: "We've Never Been Burglars Before"
- 9: Police!, As Others See Us
- 10: Plans and Change of Plans
- 11: Plans and Change of Plans, The Great Aunt Goes to See For Herself, Carefree Holiday, Totally Disappeared
- 12: The Hunt is Up, The One Thing That Mustn't Happen, Three in a Boat, Great Aunt Maria Faces Her Persuers, Reward of Virtue
- (13): (planned analysis of new copper samples on board the Houseboat; projected arrival of Mrs Blackett and Captain Flint at the Lake [Mother arrives thirteenth (PM2)]; projected arrival of Miss Huskisson at Harrogate)
- (18): (projected arrival of the Swallows: And I said "I wish they were but they aren't coming for another week, Aunt Maria." And she said "Ah!" Nancy, on 11 August, PM22])
Notes:
- Swallows coming in a fortnight [from which day??] to stay at Holly Howe; on 11 August they are expected in a week (PM22, quoted above)
- there are 5 weeks of summer holidays to go after the story ends
- the Ds are to teach their parents to sail when they arrive (the plan seems to be to do so on the Broads, this changes to the Lake I thinkref req)
- Mrs Barrable is in Horning, her brother Richard will be there and they will go sailing sometime in September.
[edit] August 1933
Events described in 'Coots in the North'
(numbers are days, but not actual dates, in the second week of August (CN1) of 1933; names are chapter titles)
- chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 (not titled)
- It's Gone!
- One Way of Meeting Nancy
and subsequent days as suggested in the author's notes.
Notes: Tom Dudgeon & Dr Dudgeon away somewhere with a rocky harbour, Frank Farland and Port and Starboard away, The Ds at The Lake staying at Dixons' Farm; Prof Callum is learning to sail
[edit] Native events in 1933
- 1933 Winter Holiday published
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