ENGLISH | DORIC
Her first collection of poems ‘Come Away With Me’ was published in 1952, much to the delight of Fraserburgh Herald and Norther Counties Advertiser ‘Around the Town’ columnist, ‘The Ferret’
Fraserburgh Herald and Northern Counties Advertiser 22 July 1952 © Johnston Press Plc
The Book was well received within thew area and Mrs Minty wrote to the Fraserburgh Herald in 1953 to express here gratitude to the community.
Throughout the 1950s, Mrs Minty wrote a number of poems and dedications which appeared in the local press, including ‘Elizabeth - Our Queen’ for the coronation in 1953 and annual poems for Christmas.
In the review of the book featured here, it is mentioned that Maggie Jane Minty broadcast on the BBC in Aberdeen for the ‘Children’s Hour’ radio programme, first from the studio in 17 Belmont Street before moving to Beechgrove. However it wasn’t possible to find mention of this elsewhere in newspaper or BBC records.