A scrapbook of the lifeboat year in Swanage as it appears to me: the characters, the boats, the shouts, training, thoughts and fun
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Coming up...
Read Becky's recent press release and you will see that we have been lent some rather fine oil paintings of past crewmembers. I intend to spend time over the next week filling in some of the details about these predecessors of ours. In the mean time, have a read of the press release here.
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I had the pleasure of knowing all three men and on occasions used to help Fred Crutchfield when he was Station Mechanic. Swo glad to see that the portraits will hang in the boathouse.
I too knew all three men, I wasn't best pleased when they left the Ship and went to the Mowlem because my Grandfather (Jim Hardy) didn't like Badger Beer. I Assume he'll be even less pleased with the bone dry old boathouse :-)
Born in the North of England and a Yorkshire man to the bones (like a Scotsman but with the streak of generosity removed). A sailor at heart with a passion for my family, the ocean, watersports, mountains and making journeys under my own steam. Previously a Submariner and a crewman on the Swanage Lifeboat, I now spend my time as the Head teacher of Craigclowan Prep School, a vibrant and exciting shool in Perthshire, Scotland.
This is a personal blog. The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of the RNLI or anyone else. It is intended to provide a chronicle of a year in the life of Swanage Lifeboat Station, it's boats and it's crew. My thoughts and opinions change from time to time..........I consider this a necessary consequence of having an open mind. Therefor any post is a snapshot of a moment in time and is a manifestation of the various ideas running around my brain at the time it was written. As such any thoughts and opinions expressed within out-of-date posts may not be the same, nor even similar, to those I hold today. Any costs involved have been met by myself in their entirety, no RNLI funds have been spent on this, not even a little. Most importantly, this blog never intends to be in anyway critical or judgemental of those people we rescue. Accidents happen.............
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3 comments:
I had the pleasure of knowing all three men and on occasions used to help Fred Crutchfield when he was Station Mechanic. Swo glad to see that the portraits will hang in the boathouse.
I too knew all three men, I wasn't best pleased when they left the Ship and went to the Mowlem because my Grandfather (Jim Hardy) didn't like Badger Beer. I Assume he'll be even less pleased with the bone dry old boathouse :-)
Thanks to all involved in preserving these chunks of local history.
Hi Matt
Another of JimÅ› grandsons - Jon
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