Gavin Atkin's weblog for the sort of people who like looking inside boat sheds. It's about old boats, traditional boats, boat building, restoration, the sea and the North Kent Coast
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] We’re moving house in a few days, and with some serious illness in the family also to contend with I’m not going to be able to maintain the usual range of posts over the next few days – so I thought I’d show you some pages of an extraordinary children’s book I picked … Continue reading “The Ships that Saved the Empire”
When Henry Blogg retired in 1947, after 53 years service and at age 71, 11 years past the usual retiring date, he had been coxswain for 38 years of his service, during which he had launched 387 times and rescued 873 people. The photo above is from the Wikimedia. Blogg is often referred to as … Continue reading “Lifeboat hero Henry Blogg passed away 60 years ago today”
http://youtu.be/B5Oc_ZGOzBg It was reader John Button who set me off looking for this material – so thanks John! The wrecks on the Goodwins look pretty scary, I’d say. http://youtu.be/SMWcUi_W0GA ‘Woods from many parts of the Empire play their part in the construction of a lifeboat.’ ‘Men who come together for sudden, dangerous acts of mercy.’