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Martin Alexander Barnes. Is an International Poet. He was born on the 1st Dec 1955 at 183 Lancaster Road Morecambe Lancashire, England to Doreen Patterson and Horace Richard Barnes. At that time he had one sister Desley Ann Barnes Born 1954 and one brother Walter Richard Barnes Born 1952, He had another brother Mark Horace Barnes Born 1957-2007. Martin attended St Mary's Primary School in Morecambe Lancashire from 1959-1965. He then attended Our Lady's High School in Lancaster Lancashire until 1971. Wyle at school in February 1969 at age 13, he wrote a poem called "Morecambe Bay" which by the 1990's had been published in London UK, Canada and the USA. The Poem was also Bronzed on a plaque and sent to the "Winter Gardens Theater" in Morecambe Lancashire. A Bronze plaque is also at his place of birth in Morecambe stating he was born there. In September 1999, Mrs. Deborah Bean the Chief Correspondence Officer for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth ii of England sent Martin a letter from Balmoral Castle Scotland, to say that Her Majesty was interested to read his Poem.