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KateCelyn<p>Tonight is the anniversary of the 1981 Penlee lifeboat disaster, when the Solomon Browne was lost with all (volunteer) hands attempting to rescue the people on the Union Star in appalling weather. Please remember them and donate to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNLI</span></a> if possible.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lifeboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifeboat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Penlee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Penlee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PenleeLifeboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenleeLifeboat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SavingLivesAtSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SavingLivesAtSea</span></a></p>
Jane Tomlinson - Artist 🌻⭐️<p>Perhaps you're old enough to remember the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Penlee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Penlee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/lifeboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifeboat</span></a> disaster, which happened 41 years today? A crew of 8 volunteers set out in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RNLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNLI</span></a>'s "Solomon Browne" in hurricane force winds &amp; 18m waves to rescue the crew from a boat whose engines had failed &amp; was drifting towards rocks. </p><p>Despite heroic attempts, 16 lives were lost. </p><p>My "Weather Map of Folklore &amp; Fact" remembers the heroism &amp; tragedy of Penlee.</p><p>Please <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SupportTheRNLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupportTheRNLI</span></a> 🙏 </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/penleeLifeboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penleeLifeboat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/weatherWatchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weatherWatchers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Rupert 🇪🇺🏴‍☠️😾🔭📷🍺🍪🌍🔥<p>When you wake this morning please take a few minutes to remember the eight extremely brave, fearless and selfless lifeboatmen, all sons of Mousehole, who made the ultimate sacrifice on the 19th December 1981. Their courage, dedication, determination, valour and heroism serves as a beacon to us all. Gone but never forgotten...greater love hath no man. <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RNLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNLI</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Lifeboats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifeboats</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Penlee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Penlee</span></a></p>
Brexit Pirates<p>At 8pm on Dec 19, please light a candle to mark the anniversary of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Penlee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Penlee</span></a> lifeboat tragedy.<br>You can also use the link in this article to donate direct to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNLI</span></a>.<br>Let's light up Britain and back the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifeboats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifeboats</span></a> this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a>.<br><a href="https://thatsailingpage.com/?p=7255" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">thatsailingpage.com/?p=7255</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupportTheRNLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupportTheRNLI</span></a></p>