PERRANUTHNOE is a small village on the South Coast of Cornwall, just East of Marazion, there is a Car Park and sloping access to a safe sandy beach and the beachside Cabin Cafe. It has The Victoria Inn a superb multi award winning pub, which serves super food both lunchtimes & evenings, - a Church dating back as far as 1160. The Lynfield Centre which houses The Cowhouse Gallery, The Peppercorn Cafe and a hairdressers.

Sunday 26 October 2014

Penlee Lifeboat Open Day

 We drove through Newlyn and parked around halfway between the old and the new Penlee Lifeboat Houses.   As we arrived there was the gig Portheras out for morning training
 Along with Pendeen Watch
Due to lack of space inside the boathouse they were allowing around 10 people at a time inside, so there was a small queue when we arrived
As we waited I took this - looking over the bay towards Perranuthnoe and Trebarvah
 
 We felt it was a great privilege to be allowed to enter this boathouse which has been kept as a memorial to the men who lost their lives on 19th December 1981



 The cable - ready to winch the boat - that never came back
The winch - still in working order I gather
 The boards showing the services (shouts) of the RNLI Solomon Browne

Amazing to see how many people they saved
Posted by Perranlady at 21:02

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 October 2014 at 13:01

    Wonderful pictures Sue....almost felt we were there ! the Solomon Browne disaster always brings a lump to my throat....but when you realise how many other lives have been saved over the years it really is an incredible record.Wonderful organisation we always support the RNLI wherever we are.Thanks for sharing.macca.

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    1. Perranlady27 October 2014 at 13:20

      So pleased that you enjoyed the photos - it was a good day - both to remember the heroism and then go and look at the superb boats that they have today. We were also very lucky with the weather as it was quite warm and bright - today it's rather cold and misty !

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