Penlee lifeboat disaster - Law says charity money cannot be given to families
- Title
- Penlee lifeboat disaster - Law says charity money cannot be given to families
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Dec 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:04:21
- Description
- Unidentified male speaker on the donations sent to the appeal fund to help victims of the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). The law says the money cannot go to the dead men’s families, so the new Penlee lifeboat crew have said they will not man the boat until the matter is resolved. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Accidents; Law; Charity; Fundraising; Charities; Cornwall; Boats; Lifeboats; Family; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Maritime rescue; Donations; 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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LBC/IRN, "Penlee lifeboat disaster - Law says charity money cannot be given to families". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0027300343015 (Accessed 27 Apr 2025)