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| Picture No | 10216978 |
| Date | 1870 |
| Description | Joseph Robinson, Captain of the Cullercoats Volunteer Life B |
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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.
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| Source | The Graphic. 1870. page 273. By J.P.W.. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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