Morecambe Bay cockler disaster musical courts controversy from locals
Daniel York Loh has won a £12,000 grant to create his tragedy Sinking Water, but Lancashire locals say it is in bad tasteTwelve years ago, 23 men and women lost their lives searching for cockles in Morecambe Bay. Unable to read the warning signs on the beach, the victims were trapped by fast-moving tides while picking cockles on the notoriously treacherous sands.The gangmaster responsible for their deaths was sent…