Frank Taylor
Frank belongs to: Cullercoats RNLI & The Coble and Keelboat Society
Frank was born in Cullercoats. He fished from Cullercoats and North Shields from 1979 to 1989. He has been involved with the RNLI since he was a teenager and is now Deputy Launching Authority. Frank is also a member of The Coble and Keelboat Society.
Frank was interviewed by Kylea Little on 4 December 2005. The interview took place at Cullercoats RNLI lifeboat station and lasted 21 minutes and 11 seconds.
Role at the RNLI
"Started off as crew, and now I’m too old and my eyesight not’s good enough to be crew, so now I’m a Deputy Launching Authority "
Started off as crew, and now I’m too old and my eyesight not’s good enough to be crew, so now I’m a Deputy Launching Authority principally, so when the pagers go off my first role is to contact the coastguard and find out what the problem is, and then I contact the boathouse to make sure there’s a suitable helmsman in charge of the boat for the weather, the given weather conditions. And then when the boat’s away, if there’s nobody to drive the tractor to launch the boat, I’ll drive the tractor and then I record all the radio conversations between the boat and the coastguard and any other emergency service that’s involved.
Frank has 12 memories in the memorynet:
Entering the fishing industry
Photograph of FrankThis memory has these themes:
Equipment | Roles and Routines | Volunteering
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