Emma Young of Friends of Glossop Station has created an original and attractive new display for the Station's Poetry Platform Display Cabinet. The theme is the Industrial Revolution and Emma has chosen poems by Shelley and Byron as well as John Clifford Clegg's Weighver's Song and Samuel Bamford's The Weaver Boy. Poems such as Song of the Shirt - Thomas Hood, Sewin' Class Song - Samuel Laycock remind us all of Glossop's famous Cotton heritage. Several poems feature local dialect which should appeal to many readers! This rich industrial legacy struck a chord with many in the Opening Ceremony to the 2012 Olympic Games in London last summer. Already Emma's display is deservedly catching the attention of passengers. The Glosp Chronicle's heading about the display was Poetry in Motion - apt indeed! Our thanks as always to David Jones at the Chronicle for his support. Readers looking very closely at Emma's display will notice some very appropriate decorative additions to the poems!! Emma welcomes feedback and suggestions relating to her poems and future themes. Do get in touch!!
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