Beris Wakenshaw
Beris belongs to: Cullercoats RNLI
Beris grew up in Cullercoats. She joined the RNLI for a challenge and is the first female crew member in the history of Cullercoats RNLI.
Beris was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 20 November 2005. The interview took place at Cullercoats RNLI Station and lasted 15 minutes and 8 seconds.
Clothing and equipment
"The outfits? Well, you’ve got to wear a bunny suit on underneath"
The outfits? Well, you’ve got to wear a bunny suit on underneath. Your bunny suit is like a fleecy, fleecy under, full suit and then you put a dry suit on over the top. The reason you have to wear the fleecy suit underneath is because the dry suit doesn’t keep the warmth in. The dry suit is a kind of material that’s obviously going to keep you dry with your own clothes underneath, so you’ve got to wear something warm underneath that. And then you’ll pop your life jacket on top. And your life jacket, your life jacket’s got flares in, you’ve to a whistle, you’ve got a light for the night time, you’ve got lots of bits and pieces in there. And then you’ve got your helmet.
Beris has 7 memories in the memorynet:
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Joining the RNLI- Clothing and equipment
- Call outs
- Fundraising events
Safety equipment
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