Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Village (Omnibus)

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Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town, by Lamorna Ash

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Village (Omnibus)

Lamorna Ash's evocative memoir about the Cornish fishing community of Newlyn.

Writer Lamorna Ash's evocative memoir about the time she spent in the Cornish fishing community of Newlyn. Read by Ell Potter.

For 22-year old Lamorna Ash, Cornwall has always been an idyll.

It's the place where her mother grew up, and where she spent her summer holidays. 

Now, Larmorna is travelling to the town of Newlyn, close to Land's End, with a view to finding out about its fishing community and its heritage. 

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Julian Wilkinson.

Read by Ell Potter.   

Producer:  Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in  March 2020.

*****  Lamorna Ash is a writer and playwright. Dark, Salt, Clear is her first book.

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