A poem from the sailor’s friend and poet Cecily Fox Smith, found in an old book for boys published in the 1930s.
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Cecily Fox Smith poem
I’m sure I recognise some of those folks eating oysters at the end…
My thanks to Chris Brady for finding and pointing out this one.
By the way, I must apologise once again for being a little slow on this website at the moment. We lost our phone and internet service on the 20th July and are still waiting for it to be reinstated.
The Nottage is somewhere I really must visit someday. Click on the pic to see a trailer published by Classicyacht.tv and featuring photos by maritime photographer and film maker Emily Harris.