Sandwich used to be a busy port
But after the great storm of 1287
It began to silt up and by the !7th Century
Found itself two miles inland from the sea
Sandwich also has the distinction
Of suffering an earthquake in 1580
Which damaged a church and some buildings
My name is Anna Geraldine Blake
And I live in one of the quieter streets
In the oldest part of the town
I am a bookbinder by trade
And have lived in Sandwich
For eight and a half years
I am currently writing a book
About the Huguenot refugees
Who settled in Sandwich
In the sixteenth Century