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Rescue services and safety at sea

Rescue services have been vital to keeping people safe around the Bay for over 200 years. Here is a selection of stories.

5 stories about Rescue services and safety at sea
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  • 'We don't have tides in Blackburn'

    'We don't have tides in Blackburn'

  • Morecambe cockling disaster - 'on our knees'

    Morecambe cockling disaster - 'on our knees'

  • Nearly drowned - Margaret Owen

    Nearly drowned - Margaret Owen

  • Rites of passage of a coastguard

    Rites of passage of a coastguard

  • Ulverston inshore rescue on a busy saturday - Bruce Chattaway

    Ulverston inshore rescue on a busy saturday - Bruce Chattaway

23 images of Rescue services and safety at sea
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  • A certificate of service issued by the RNLI to Mark Baxter

    A certificate of service issued by the RNLI to Mark Baxter

  • A RNLI letter of thanks to Samuel Baxter for his ten years service as Hon. Sec. of the Morecambe Branch

    A RNLI letter of thanks to Samuel Baxter for his ten years service as Hon. Sec. of the Morecambe Branch

  • A RNLI letter to Mark Baxter to show appreciation for a rescue of a man off the Stone Jetty, Morecambe

    A RNLI letter to Mark Baxter to show appreciation for a rescue of a man off the Stone Jetty, Morecambe

  • Cockersands Lighthouse and Lighthouse Keeper's cottage

    Cockersands Lighthouse and Lighthouse Keeper's cottage

  • Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson on his last fishing trip before retiring

    Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson on his last fishing trip before retiring

  • Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson salmon fishing with a haaf net

    Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson salmon fishing with a haaf net

  • Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson with a catch of salmon

    Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson with a catch of salmon

  • Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson with sons Robert [and John]

    Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson with sons Robert [and John]

  • Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson with the last salmon he caught before retiring

    Cockersands Lighthouse Keeper Thomas Parkinson with the last salmon he caught before retiring

  • Cockersands Lighthouse Keepers Thomas and Beatrice Parkinson at Cockerham Sands

    Cockersands Lighthouse Keepers Thomas and Beatrice Parkinson at Cockerham Sands

  • Cockersands Lighthouse with a boat beached ashore in the foreground

    Cockersands Lighthouse with a boat beached ashore in the foreground

  • Cockersands Lighthouse with Lighthouse Keepers Thomas and Beatrice Parkinson and their son Bob

    Cockersands Lighthouse with Lighthouse Keepers Thomas and Beatrice Parkinson and their son Bob

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4 media clips about Rescue services and safety at sea
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  • Oral history interview with Bruce Chattaway, station Officer for Ulverston Inshore Rescue Service

    Oral history interview with Bruce Chattaway, station Officer for Ulverston Inshore Rescue Service

  • Oral history interview with Eric Greenough on coastguards

    Oral history interview with Eric Greenough on coastguards

  • Oral history interview with Maisie and John Murray

    Oral history interview with Maisie and John Murray

  • Oral history interview with Tony Cowell, Fisherman in Fleetwood

    Oral history interview with Tony Cowell, Fisherman in Fleetwood

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