Shanty Night
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A fish and chip supper, a sing-a-long to a live band, and raising money to support our local RNLI.
What better way than to add to the RNLI fund raising activities with our fellow Rotarians, friends, family and neighbours from Tynemouth, who organise the event every year and raise hundreds of pounds to keep our seaside resorts free from calamities.
What better way than to add to the RNLI fund raising activities with our fellow Rotarians, friends, family and neighbours from Tynemouth, who organise the event every year and raise hundreds of pounds to keep our seaside resorts free from calamities.
The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade is a voluntary coastal rescue service situated on the headland at the Tynemouth Watch House, at the mouth of the River Tyne.
The Brigade was founded in 1864 to help the HM Coastguard rescue and save lives from shipwrecks along the North East Coastline. Nowadays the Brigade is called out for cliff rescue, breeches buoy rescue and coastal search and rescue and they now work in conjunction with the local RNLI lifeboats, though the Brigade no longer has a boat themselves.
In the first instance, the brigade was formed after the wreck of the Steam Ship Stanley, when an army officer, Captain John Morrison helped at the rescue. His conclusion at the time was that many more lives could have been saved if more people had been trained in sea rescues.
Shortly after this incident he met two brothers, John and Joseph Spence and together they called a public meeting on the 5th December 1864 in the North Shields Town Hall. From these humble beginnings the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was formed, which quickly spread to all Coastguard stations throughout the United Kingdom, with specific instructions to follow the Tynemouth example.
The Brigade was founded in 1864 to help the HM Coastguard rescue and save lives from shipwrecks along the North East Coastline. Nowadays the Brigade is called out for cliff rescue, breeches buoy rescue and coastal search and rescue and they now work in conjunction with the local RNLI lifeboats, though the Brigade no longer has a boat themselves.
In the first instance, the brigade was formed after the wreck of the Steam Ship Stanley, when an army officer, Captain John Morrison helped at the rescue. His conclusion at the time was that many more lives could have been saved if more people had been trained in sea rescues.
Shortly after this incident he met two brothers, John and Joseph Spence and together they called a public meeting on the 5th December 1864 in the North Shields Town Hall. From these humble beginnings the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was formed, which quickly spread to all Coastguard stations throughout the United Kingdom, with specific instructions to follow the Tynemouth example.
If you are interested in finding out more about Whitley Bay Rotary Club, please contact us either on enquiries@whitleybayrotaryclub.co.uk or by telephoning 07419 736989.
