Tom Rawling

Tom Rawling (1916–1996) was a teacher and poet who lived in Cumbria and grew up in the Ennerdale Valley. It wasn’t until he retired that he began to write poetry; a pamphlet A Sort of Killing appeared in 1978, followed by Ghosts at My Back (Oxford University Press, 1982). A volume of poems and autobiographical pieces How Hall: Poems and Memories, a passion for Ennerdale was published by Lamplugh and District Heritage Society in 2009.