Penlee lifeboat disaster memorial service

Title

Penlee lifeboat disaster memorial service

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Feb 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:03:55

Description

Report on the memorial service at Truro Cathedral in Cornwall for the victims of the Penlee lifeboat disaster (19/12/81). The service was led by Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Peter Mumford, and attended by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Speaking are: coxwain Mike Sutherland; Chairman of the Penlee Lifeboat Committee, Dr Denis(?) Leslie(?). Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Mike Sutherland; Denis(?) Leslie(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; Emergency services; Margaret Thatcher; Prime ministers; Cornwall; Seaborne disasters; Ships; Bishops; Church services; Truro; Lifeboat services; Mousehole; Lifeboat crew members; Truro Cathedral; Peter Mumford

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