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A Man of Yet a Few More Words - by Swan Morrison

In Memoriam

Where better place could a memorial be
Than on a bench out-looking to the sea
Tennyson*

The cliff top above Beachsea Sands in Southshire, England is the site of very many benches where weary walkers can rest and enjoy the spectacular sea views.

Often unnoticed are the memorial plaques on the benches, each bearing testimony to a life in some way especially associated with the location.

Below are recorded some of these testaments to the people who, in earlier times, had passed that way:

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*Joyce Tennyson, unemployed Media Studies graduate from Winchester
(Frankly, not much of a poet)

The names above are randomly chosen. They will, by coincidence, also be the names of real people,
but there is no intended reference to any real person, living or dead

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