LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster - Del Johnson on men lost

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Report on the aftermath of the Penlee lifeboat disaster of 19/12/81, based around a telephone interview with Penlee lifeboat committee chairman Del Johnson who says the men who died will leave a big hole in the small community. He says the young men of Mousehole are already volunteering to take the place of the fallen crew members and the surviving volunteers will be on duty on Christmas Day. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Del Johnson

Keywords

Accidents; Charity; Fundraising; Cornwall; Christmas; Boats; Lifeboats; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Maritime rescue; Lifeboat services; Mousehole; Penlee; Lifeboat crew members; Union Star; Solomon Browne; Charles Greenhaugh; Kevin Smith; William Trevelyan Richards; James Madron; Nigel Brockman; John Blewett; Barrie Torrie; Gary Wallis

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