Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum — Local services in North Tyneside

I would like to pass on my condolences to the family and relatives of dear Catherine, who had sadly passed away recently

Catherine was the lady who had been welcoming visitors for many years at this wonderful museum

Catherine was also a very good friend of mine, and I had only learnt of her passing from her neighbour on the day I had gone to visit her

Myself along with the thousands of visitors that had the privilege as to meeting Catherine, will sadly miss her presence

It's going to take one big pair of boots to fill the space Catherine had filled for all of those years

R.I.P... Catherine, I will always...

Visited TVLB with the SVLB sar team today and we were greeted by Dave who immediately welcomed us all in to the brigade watchouse. TVLB is one of only three volunteer life brigades left within the country. TVLB being the oldest. The brigade watchouse has an abundance of local history and I would urge anyone visiting the area to visit here. Today the have over 20 volunteers who regularly attend callouts from the Maritime Coastguard to either help Her Majesty's Coastguard or independently complete a rescue. Their actions today make tomorrow's history. Good luck to everyone at Tynemouth Volunteer...

An excellent group visit. Volunteer Dave gave us a very interesting talk including details of the headland history, info on their rescue equipment over the years, some notable shipwrecks and rescues and importantly about their rescue work. This is all done by volunteers. A rescue was underway whilst we were there. A young man had broken his leg whilst on the rocks. He was safely stretchered to an ambulance whilst we were there. Our group thoroughly enjoyed their visit.We really benefitted by having the group talk before we...