The 2008 Annual General Meeting was held on 10th and 11th May in Robin
Hood's Bay where the new edition of
Foreigners was launched.
Coincidentally, only 2 weeks previously the
Yorkshire Post had contained
an interview with comedian and BBC Radio 2 presenter, Mike Harding, who had
said that his favourite book was – would you believe? –
Foreigners!
You can read the article
here.
Stephanie Walmsley was presented with a copy of the new book,
which sold so well throughout the day that by late afternoon all available copies
of
Foreigners and the recently republished
Angler's Moon had
sold out.
The afternoon's event was 'Fred's Fishy Tales', told by guest speaker, Fred Normandale,
ex-Scarborough fisherman who, despite now being shore-based, is still very much an active
member of the Scarborough fishing community.
Here's a link to the
Fred Normandale website.
A tv production team was present throughout the weekend recording footage to make a
forthcoming promotional video for the Society. This will eventually be streamed on
to the website when editing is completed.
A web page dedicated to the 2008 Walmsley weekend is being prepared and will contain a
complete selection of images.
See the
full range of books published by the
Walmsley Society.