The Maggie Law Maritime Museum Poetry Anthology - extended version

So for Jack Gillanders and the RNLI, We’ll ensure this story never ever dies, (Last two lines slowly) For Jim and Linda their dream’s fulfilled, Her grandad’s tribute to the Lifeboat Guild.

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The Maggie Law Maritime Museum Poetry Anthology - extended version

Published on Jul 28, 2022

Maggie Law Maritime Museum

This Anthology was launched at Gourdon School on Friday 31st January, 2014 – a tribute to Gourdon, my native village. Nearly all the poems were written by residents and former residents of Gourdon, past and present, poems dating from the last decades of the 19th century to 2013. All the poems relate to Gourdon, the daily lives and work of the people of Gourdon, to themes and issues relevant to Gourdon, including the Maggie Law surf boat. The poems offer significant insight into fishing, fishermen and their families, their thoughts and feelings as they faced disaster, death and adversity as well as recording their joys, happy times and social interaction, expressing the rich heritage and traditions of the village at different periods of its history. This extended website version contains a number of additional related poems on the theme of the sea and fishing for purposes of comparison with the purely Gourdon poems, along with illustrative photos. Celai Craig, 2022

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