Tynemouth Lifeguard remembered

Over 100 surfers and members of the RNLI took part in a moving ceremony  on Tynemouth Long Sands last Thursday to remember local lifeguard William Hogg who died a year ago whilst   taking part in a  charity swimming event. 

R.N.L.B. "Grace Darling".

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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution ( RNLI www.rnli.org.uk/ ) is the UK and Ireland charity which " saves lives at sea". It is an independent charity, funded by voluntary donations.' its lifeboats are crewed entirely by volunteers. It is regularly one of the 10 best supported charities in the UK.

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This photo shows the RNLI vessel "Grace Darling" which is based at the fishing village of Seahouses on the Northumberland coast. It was called out on 32 occasions during 2009.

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This lifeboat pictured is named after local heroine Grace Darling who, when 22 years old , risked her life in an open boat to rescue 9 survivors from the SS Forfarshire which was wrecked on the Farne Islands on 7 September 1838. At that time Grace's father was the lighthouse keeper at the Longstone Lighthouse . Grace was immortalised in a poem by William Wordsworth.

rescue at sea, Newton, Northumberland

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this afternoon off Newton on the Sea, the RNLI to the rescue.
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