Richard Ilderton
Richard belongs to: Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
Richard is an Advanced Technician with the Ambulance Service. He joined the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade in 1993 and is a Section Leader.
Richard was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 18 January 2006. The interview took place at Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade and lasted 12 minutes and 17 seconds.
What does the sea mean to you?
"Mild hypothermia"
Mild hypothermia. I try and avoid going in the water as often as possible. I mean that job I mentioned earlier, the bad job, I ended up in the water for that to get this guy off the lifeboat and I’ve spent more times than I would like in the North Sea up to my chest at the wrong time of the morning, in the wrong month of winter, sort of doing various things that, I think that’s it- just cold, very cold but very beautiful.
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Danger | Environment | The North East | Volunteering
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