Can any CC lister help Helen with some info ?? And please post any answer to the list as well as to Helen . Might just stir up some interest in Central Coast people and their history Thanks MargM ----- Original Message ----- From: "hjayd" <[email protected]> To: "margm" <[email protected]> Sent: 04 January 2001 22:16 Subject: The Village Poet > Hi Marg, > > Not sure if you can help but I have seen several of your postings on > AUS-CONVICTS list & noted you were on the Central Coast. > > I lived in Pearl Beach from 1957 to 1964. Aged 10 - 17. My parents continued > living there & then later at Umina until 1980. > My father retired early from work at age 49 due to injuries from a car > accident and although not a heavy drinker, frequented the Ocean Beach Hotel > at Umina on a daily basis mainly for male company. > Over the years he spoke of "The Village Poet" who was a 'friend' he made at > the hotel. The poet it seems wrote endless verse recounting the tales he > heard over an ale or two. Prior to my parents deaths my father gave me some > hand written poetry signed, "The Village Poet". Some of these poems retold > some fishing tales that my father had originally told about the fishing > trips of my older brother(a great jew-fisherman). Another is a comical > recount of a local who rode his bicycle daily to the Ocean Beach Hotel, > where he drank too much & provided entertainment in his endeavours to get > home. > Unfortunately I have no record of the poets name. > Although I would like to keep the poems relating to my family members I am > happy to provide photocopies to any other interested party. > > Do you know of anyone in your group who may know who this person is or was? > > Do you know of anyone researching such a person? > > Many thanks > Helen Dickinson > Sydney