time capsule August September 2010

August 25th to September 8th, 2009 A selection of  most interesting photos from one year ago. The Last Nail - St Monan's Boatyard The Last Nail This is the boatyard and village which is the inspiration for my own recently finished folk song "The Last Nail" Listen to The Last Nail on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ZJ7mlBQC0 The Last Nail Lyrics Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill That's where they built the boatyard, and the structure stands there still. Not much boat building happens now, just repairs and fitting out but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can hear the old boatbulders shout: Will you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place, Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race. Our grandfathers put up the boatyard, to build the fishing fleet, more than fifty boats in the harbour, and shops all down the main street then the steam age brought in the drifters, boat builders became engineers Now the wind blows straight through the boatyard, there'll be no more boat building here Will you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place, Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race. With a keen eye for staying in business, they switched over to build leisure craft And the weekend yachtsmen snapped them up, no expense spared fore or aft Then wooden hulls went out of fashion, the order book emptied last year So the bankers foreclosed on the boatyard, and there'll be no more boatbuilding here Will you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place, Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race. Now the Vikings invented the clinker for both strength and shallow seas and the herring boats followed the coastline, until the canning ships found the key There's a regatta here every August, and the whole village turns out again But the Sea Queen's no real competition, and it's guaranteed to rain Will you pass the last nail over and I'll knock it into place, Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race. Above the stone walled harbour, or down the winding hill that's where they built the boatyard, and the skeleton stands there still. No more boat building happens now, not even fitting out but when the wind rattles the boatmasts, you can still hear the old boys shout: Will you pass the last nail over, we'll knock it into place, Then with four more coats of varnish, she'll be ready for the race. Taken August 29, 2009 at 5:50 pm green jumper blue shed green jumper blue shed at St Monans Taken September 3, 2009 at 11:35 pm StMonans-01-09-2009 019 Taken August 31, 2009 at 6:02 pm StMonans-04-09-2009 068 Taken September 7, 2009 at 2:10 pm Kilconquhar Taken September 4, 2009 at 2:08 pm

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