2012.26.1

Handwritten poem `The Fringe of the Sea`, 1970, about fishing amongst small islands

Handwritten poem on headed notepaper from the House of Commons, London 15/8/1970. The poem was originally composed by Jamaican poet A.L.Hendricks (1922-1992) and copied by Richard Buchanan, Labour MP for Glasgow, Springburn (1912-2003), who sent it to Will MacPhee, estate gamekeeper, Scarinish.

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Other Number: not specified
Normal Location: Filing Cabinet 9: drawer 4
Current Location: normal location

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