Bottom End Publishing: 3 books

Fred Normandale remembers when his home town of Scarborough was one of the great centres for the fishing industry and had the characters to match. He has turned his memories into a nostalgic book full of tales of his life and adventures at sea. "I grew up in the 'bottom end' of Scarborough...

Ebbing Tide the fourth and final volume in the Tide series has been difficult to complete. The earlier books were a pleasure to write as I related some extremely funny and zany moments while growing up and making my career in the North Sea fishing industry. In this volume Ive continued with the humour...

This second book from this writer relates to some of the North Sea fishermen in the early 1970s through the author's eyes. "Fishing is an extreme occupation and adversity breeds characters. These hard working hard drinking men were wonderful characters living life to the full. Their way of life has almost gone and their like will never be seen again." Fred Normandale