News that Titty’s name will be changed to Tatty in the new film adaptation of Swallows and Amazons (Report, 26 June) has started an impassioned national debate. I had no warning! A whole range of comments from fans has hit my social media pages.
I loved playing the part of Titty in the film Swallows and Amazons, made on location in the Lake District in 1973. It has been such an enduring success that children all over the world still call me Titty. It’s a sweet name. They’ll see me in the street and call out: “Hello, Titty! How are you?” That can turn a few heads. I was in France last year when an adult started calling me Titty. He apologised, realising he was calling me by the character name, and then went right on calling me Titty, quite naturally. I don’t mind a bit.
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