It was fantastic - and you're right Guest Ian, now we need to write to the council to make sure it happens again next year. How can they let the biggest gathering of maritime singers not happen?

My personal favourites were Tom Lewis, the various shanty crews, and Johnny Collins, but I was really impressed with Red Duster's The Fate of Franklin presentation - if they taught history like that in schools I think young people would be more interested in it.

Ali