Synopsis
Smoke from smouldering sea-coal, bitter, harsh and salty as the air veils the grey slate roofs, the harbour lamps, the quays, the steps, the figures on the dreaming bridge. The waters of the early morning tide wash the harbour with the tranquil light that lies also on misted tiles from which whole families of chimneys rise, working ghosts of brick. Mornings in Whitby After a life of travel, Kirkup goes back to his beginnings on Tyneside, to early friendships and influences, to the warmth of his family - and beyond, to pay homage before the body of a two thousand year old Dane, "inhabitant of my ancestral land". Throwback is illustrated with photographs from Kirkup's family album.
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