Book signing tour of Cornwall by Cornish author Michael J Darracott

The author of Proper Cornish Childhood
Michael J Darracott will be doing a Book signing tour of Cornwall
2009
Starting from liskeard library 9th February 9.30 am to 6 pm
27th February Penryn Library 10 am - 11 am
27th February Falmouth library 1 pm - 5 pm
3rd March Fowey library 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
3rd March Par library 2 pm - 5 pm
16th March St Austell library 10 am - 1 pm
27th March Launceston library 9 am - 1 pm
30th March Bude library 9.30 am - 6 pm
13th April Maritime museum Falmouth 11 am - 3 pm
17th April Bodmin library 9.30 am - 5 pm
23rd April Newquay library 9 am - 12.30 pm
23rd April Wadebridge library 2 pm - 5.30 pm

Torrey canyon

I stand on the beach and almost weep as I watch birds struggle for their last gasp of breath, their little wings and chests covered in thick oil, their lives now at the mercy of the black tides. Men are everywhere cleaning up oil off the beach in Newlyn, soldiers help to clear away a mess that blots the Cornish county. I of course am talking of the aftermath of the oil spill, that was the result of the Torrey canyon oil tanker. The huge tanker went aground on the seven stones reef just off Lands end in 1967. I recently read a book that half way through as a little boys account of what happend back in 1967 with regards to this nightmare, it covers the destruction of the ship which was ordered by the primeminister of the day Harold Wilson. He ordered it to be bombed by the RAF, and the book go's on to report what happened next with regards to many beaches, Not just Cornish ones but France to name but one.

Tanker spill cornwall

Proper Cornish Childhood

ISBN NUMBER
978-1-906645-41-0

A true story of a young 10 year old Cornish boy called Michael, who back in the late sixties watched from the Cornish cliff tops, while the huge Torrey Canyon oil tanker was being bombed. The tanker had become snagged on rocks on the Seven Stones Reef, and Michael saw the wreck being bombed. This was an amazing sight to Michaels eyes, it was like having an epic blockbuster movie being made right in front of him.