Joseph Robinson, Captain of the Cullercoats Volunteer Life B

Joseph Robinson, First Captain of the Cullercoats Volunteer Life Brigade, with Heaving Stick in hand and ready for action. Captain Robinson was a fisherman and Tyne pilot by trade and famous in Cullercoats for the strength of his throwing arm. If a ship was wrecked close to shore, Robinson would throw his heaving stick to the ship and then any survivors could cling to the line as they headed ashore

Ashore Cling Cullercoats Heaving Survivors Throw Tyne Volunteer Wrecked

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