Yesterdays Dreams

Product Description

Local Whitby girl Colette Shipley has become fascinated by the mysteries of the new art of photography & begins to create a record of her scenic home town with its tall ships & twin lighthouses street urchins & weathered old fishermen. One day she encounters Arthur Newton who shares her passion for the towns unique atmosphere. Colette & Arthur begin a friendship that develops further. However unbeknown to Collette Arthur is also married with a young child. Arthur has tried to be content with his steady job at the railways & his marriage to his childhood sweetheart Rose. However even before meeting Colette Arthur had been living a secret life one which he has not shared with his family friends or even Rose: he has a real talent for painting. His talent has blossomed under the tutelage of a sympathetic gallery owner Ebenezer Hirst & the patronage of Laurence Steel an established painter in the Pre-Raphaelite school. Arthur is now faced with a difficult decision: remain comfortably in his railway job or risk the security of his wife & child by becoming a full-time artist. A decision not made any easier by his growing attraction for Colette...