
Bridlington RNLI volunteers to gather to celebrate ‘One Crew. One Moment’
On Thursday, 1 August 2024 (1/8/24) at precisely 18:24hrs (6.24pm) the volunteers of Bridlington RNLI will gather to celebrate 200 years of the RNLI, come and join us and enjoy this historic occasion.
2024 marks the Bicentennial anniversary of the RNLI which was formed in 1824, and all RNLI volunteers at all stations around the UK will be marking this anniversary at exactly 18:24hrs on 1/8/24. To mark the occasion all volunteers of Bridlington RNLI, from fundraisers, shops staff, schools’ visits officer to boat crew, it is the night for all to be One Crew and celebrating One Moment.
The evening will compromise of a fun and games evening for the volunteers, who will play various games such as rounders etc. The evening will be compered by the ever-supporting Bridlington Gold Coast Radio. The Bridlington Sea Cadets will be on hand to cook burgers for the volunteers, also available to purchase for the public.
However, before everyone is fed the highlight of the evening will be the ‘One Crew One Moment’ which takes place at 18:24hr (6.24pm) when the ships bell at the Lifeboat Station will be rung and the volunteers will come together and photographed to record the occasion RNLI200, this will coincide with the same happening at the other 237 RNLI stations around the British Isles.
All the photos from all RNLI stations will be submitted to the HQ in Poole and turned into one unique mural made up of all of the imagery of the one crew of 2024. This will be available in digital form, as well as a physical print. All Stations will receive a copy of the image with a copy being carefully preserved in the RNLI Heritage archive for the future generations of the charity to enjoy.
Bob Taylor, Water Safety Officer at Bridlington RNLI said, ‘We set out on this 200th anniversary year to, celebrate, commemorate and inspire as our three key stories, we have commented with two services of celebration, one at the station and the other at the priory, and we have inspired the next generation of of life savers with school talks and events at the station like our crew for a day activity. Now we are looking forward to celebrating and coming together as one crew, whatever our volunteer role is. It's fantastic to be a part of something that is celebrating the last 200 years of life saving and will be something that our future crew can look back on and remember us’.
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Photograph credited to Bridlington RNLI-Mike Milner.
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