Garmouth (fictional)
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Garmouth is the fictional seaside town in which Robert Westall's
book, The Machine Gunners
is set. Garmouth is based on Tynemouth
, a seaside town, near Newcastle Upon Tyne
in the North East of England. Garmouth also features in several other novels by Westall, including Fathom Five, the sequel to The Machine Gunners and The Watch House
.
It has at least four barrage balloons.
Robert Westall
Robert Atkinson Westall was the author of many books, mostly children's fiction, though also for adults, and non-fiction. Many of his novels, while supposedly aimed at a teenage audience, deal with many complex, dark and in many ways adult themes...
book, The Machine Gunners
The Machine Gunners
The Machine Gunners is a children's historical novel by Robert Westall published in 1975. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal for that year, and in 2007 was selected by judges of the Carnegie Medal as one of the ten most important children's novels of the past 70 years...
is set. Garmouth is based on Tynemouth
Tynemouth
Tynemouth is a town and a historic borough in Tyne and Wear, England, at the mouth of the River Tyne, between North Shields and Cullercoats . It is administered as part of the borough of North Tyneside, but until 1974 was an independent county borough in its own right...
, a seaside town, near Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
in the North East of England. Garmouth also features in several other novels by Westall, including Fathom Five, the sequel to The Machine Gunners and The Watch House
The Watch House
The Watch House is a 1977 fiction book by Robert Westall. The main story is about a teenager called Anne, who is left to spend the summer with her mother's old nanny. While there she explores the watch house, writes a guidebook for the watch house and is haunted by a ghost. It is split up into...
.
It has at least four barrage balloons.