"Grimsby Docks"
A collection of poems based on photographs taken at Grimsby Docks.
In the mid-19th century, Grimsby docks was perhaps the most modern such facility in Britain, its fishing boom occurring during the latter part of Queen Victoria’s reign. Indeed, right up until the 1960s the docks was a lively, thriving place.
Sixty years later, and fewer than one hundred of the area’s Victorian buildings remain; three quarters of these are unoccupied - or impossible to now occupy. Although some regeneration of the part of the docks known as ‘The Kasbah’ is being pursued, this area of Grimsby is now one of the most deprived wards in the country.
Grimsby Docks is a modern-day examination of this once thriving industrial landscape through photography and poetry.
"a great and inspiring read" - Hamish Wilson
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I bought this, my first (random) book of yours, and it's what made me sign up. Having been to once, by accident - I caught the wrong train - I liked the idea of poems and photos. I wasn't disappointed! Lovely book.