Looe RNLI says congratulations and thank you to volunteers

Barbara and David Jones are long standing shore based volunteers with Looe RNLI Lifeboat Station. Barbara volunteered to help in the Looe RNLI shop when it first opened in the Middleton’s Corner boathouse during 1998. Barbara moved with the shop to its current location when the Albatross Lifeboat Station was opened in October 2003. With the arrival of the Atlantic 75 inshore lifeboat Alan and Margaret, David was a founder member of the guide team who opened the Albatross boathouse to the public and gave guided tours around the inshore lifeboats and launch tractors.

The couple celebrated their 55^th (Emerald) wedding anniversary on 8 August 2019 requesting no presents, but contributions to Looe RNLI if desired. Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday 27 August 2019, when Barbara and David had finished their shift in the shop and boathouse, they presented Looe RNLI fundraising committee secretary, Marilyn Berry, with a cheque for £550.

Barbara and David’s proud connections with Looe Lifeboat Station continue, as their grandson Goron Jones has recently passed his assessment as qualified lifeboat crew.

Everyone associated with Looe Lifeboat Station pass on their congratulations to Barbara and David on their wedding anniversary and thank them for this very generous donation, which will be used to ensure our volunteer crews continue to Save Lives at Sea.

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Photos:

· Cheque presentation (1)
Left to right – David Jones, Marilyn Berry and Barbara Jones
Photo credit RNLI / Ian Foster

· Cheque presentation (2)
Left to right – David Jones, Marilyn Berry and Barbara Jones
Photo credit RNLI / Ian Foster

Information

· Re-established as an inshore lifeboat station in 1992, Looe RNLI operate two inshore lifeboats
An Atlantic 85 Sheila and Dennis Tongue II and a D Class Ollie Naismith

· For further information on Looe RNLI Lifeboats please visit our website www.looelifeboats.co.uk

· Looe RNLI Facebook page www.facebook.com/LooeRNLI

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or Emma Haines, RNLI Regional Media Officer, on 07786 668847 or [email protected]

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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.

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