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.

Thursday, 19 December 2013

The Bravest of Men Remembered

On December 19th each year we take time from our Christmas preparation to remember the brave crew of the Penlee Lifeboat the Solomon Browne, lost with all hands on this day in 1981

 "On 19 December 1981 the Penlee lifeboat 'Solomon Browne' was lost with all hands in hurricane conditions while going to the aid of the Coaster 'Union Star' which had engine failure and was being swept towards the southern coast of Cornwall. The coaster was also lost and there were no survivors. Coxswain William Trevelyan Richards was posthumously awarded the Institution's Gold medal while the remainder of the crew, Second Coxswain/Mechanic Stephen Madron Assistant Mechanic Nigel Brockman Emergency Mechanic John Blewett, crewmembers Charles Greenhaugh, Kevin Smith, Barrie Torrie and Gary Wallis were posthumously awarded Bronze medal





If you have time - watch this - the full story of that terrible night - it is 59minutes long !
Posted by Perranlady at 10:28

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 December 2013 at 11:45

    Never to be forgotten
    R.I.P.

    Gerd & family

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  2. Anonymous19 December 2013 at 17:08

    I remember it vividly, we covered the whole story for the then Westward Television. It was one of the worst assignments I have ever covered. They ALL do sterling work.

    Heiko

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  3. Anonymous20 December 2013 at 00:13

    Thank You for the BBC programme Sue.

    Heiko

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    1. Perranlady20 December 2013 at 08:43

      Struggled to get it embedded onto the blog Heiko. or it would have been there earlier. Such a moving story, that always brings us back to reality during all the pre-Christmas madness.
      More wind and rain to come in the next few days.

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