grendel Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Does anyone know if the Roaring Donkey was a real Broads pub, and where it was? Grendel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 There were similarities to The Barton Angler but obviously it's in the wrong place for the narrative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I always took it to be the Pleasure Boat Hickling.... or was that "Coot Club"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 In the various biographical books about Arthur Ransome, no matching real life Pubs have been suggested as the original Roaring Donkey, so it was probably one of his more abstract locations. The description puts it approximately near Martham Ferry Dyke, but the line drawing doesn't match any Pub around there, even allowing for it being in the 1930's. He used poetic license quite a bit really, with the Swallows & Amazons lake being a cocktail of Windermere and Coniston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I always felt it was above Potter - imagining it to be somewhere on the edge of the marsh in the Martham area - but not a specific pub that we would know? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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