As a fellow Perthite, I automatically went to our Scarborough Beach - sun, sea, surfers and wide blue sky & ocean. I'm wondering if this can also be applied to a beach in the UK version? I've never been there, so can't compare but would like to know if this is a comparison poem?
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Chris Hubbard
Tue 7th Mar 2017 11:45
Hi Frances,
The short answer is "no" - I cannot recall any images of a comparable experience (or even the possibility of one) in the UK when I wrote this poem way back in 1994. I spent many weekends at Scarborough Beach in my early, dissipated adult years, which evidently had their long-term effects on me.
Strangely enough, last year - in the early UK summer - I visited the seaside town of Newquay on the north Cornwall coast, which possessed all four of the qualities you list. I can add that it also has a strong surfing culture, with numbers of Australians in evidence, judging by the Aussie flags around the place. It certainly failed in the temperature department though!
As for beach culture in the Scarborough, UK, version, that is definitely a non-starter as far as I can tell.
Cheers,
Chris
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