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A few years ago, the Liverpool Maritime Museum ran a competition inviting writers and poets to submit work to mark the 50th anniversary of the Atlantic Convoy Missions and 'Operation Dervish', Churchills response to Germany's invasion of Russia and an operation to provide arms and supplies, via covert convoys across the arctic circle. During my Undergraduate Degree at Edge Hill, I had the pleasure of working with another student Brendan Quinn, who had written of his grandfathers experiences on a convoy mission, when he was presumed lost, but was found at the russian port of Archangel, some months later and returned safely home. Brendan's work featured in my creative exhibition 'And The Word Was' at Edge Hill. As it had been some time since I had written any poetry, since finishing my Masters in 2018, I was looking for an opportunity to write something again, so given my fascination with local history, I decided to write a piece for the competition. It is publish...
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