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Staithes

A Place Apart

Gloria Wilson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Lodestar Books

Published:6th Oct '22

Should be back in stock very soon

Staithes cover

In photographs, artworks, and words Gloria Wilson celebrates the rugged fishing village where she was brought up, and from which she set her course to a career recording, both visually and verbally, the North Sea fishery she loves. She writes: In this intriguing place I have found a heady mix of seafaring activities, shorelines, inimitable fisher people, stalwart boats, notable marine artists, cats, dark seas and dashing spray, thick sepulchral fogs, the clutter of translucent fishing paraphernalia, folklore and local custom, and many architectural specialities, together with touches of joy, humour, absurdity, and melancholy, all set within a townscape and topography of distinctive and outstanding quality. Staithes has always been a working village, rugged and unpretentious, without attitude. Things have an elegance which results from useful function.

ISBN: 9781907206634

Dimensions: 216mm x 216mm x 11mm

Weight: 470g

144 pages