Posted by Adam Quinan on January 09, 2015 at 14:02:32 user Adam.
In Reply to: Swallows and Amazons nostalgia posted by John Wilson on January 09, 2015 at 13:10:44:
Another oddity is that he doesn't seem to realise that a main reason for Ransome not serving in the First World War was his extreme shortsightedness, as well as his age, being 30 when war broke out.