Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Westgate-On-Sea by John Betjeman

Like woodwork, poetry is a craft.

We've found a John Betjeman poem, Westgate-On-Sea, that mentions woodwork. Betjeman, who looks happy in the photo below, was an English poet, the UK's Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984 - the year after Gerrymet began as a tooling and saw blades supplier.

On this balcony I stand,
White the woodwork wriggles round me,
Clocktowers rise on either hand.


To read the rest of the poem, click here - Betjeman

Woodworking poem - Westgate-On-Sea by John Betjeman

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