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St Abbs Gala Day – 11th July 2015
The annual St Abbs Gala Day takes places this Saturday (11th July 2015). In previous years the funds raised went to the RNLI however this year all the money raised will be going towards Saving St Abbs Lifeboat. The Gala is held at the Ebba Centre, St Abbs and starts…
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3 Fishermen Rescued
As the protest march was coming to an end the St Abbs Lifeboat was called out to rescue 3 fishermen whose boat was sinking. The crew resonded very quicky and after lauching the lifeboat they reached the sinking boat within 4 minutes. The small fishing boat had started taking on…
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Hundreds Join Protest March
Thank you to everyone who joined the protest march on 4th July 2015. All together there were about 300 people who joined the march including community safety minister and MSP Paul Wheelhouse, MSP John Lamont and MP Calum Kerr. Thanks also to Micheal Wilson for leading the march playing the…
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Scottish Sub Aqua Club – Supporting Our Campaign
We’d like to thank the Scottish Sub Aqua Club for adding its voice to the campaign to Save St Abbs Lifeboat. The ScotSAC Chair has written to the Chief Executive RNLI in support of keeping the St Abbs Lifeboat station open. It’s closure would mean a loss of local knowledge…
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Fourth of July – Show Your Support Walk
This fourth of July we’re holding a “Save St Abbs Lifeboat” campaign walk. And we need you and your friends to come along and join us. The march starts at 4:00pm on Saturday 4th July 2015 from the Ebba Centre in St Abbs and we’ll be led down to the…
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£1.5 Million to move a few bolts?
On the 30th June 2015 “The National” (Scottish Newspaper) published an article titled: “Saving St Abbs lifeboat station would not cost £1.5m, insist crew” by Janice Burns. The article explains that the RNLI PR department has changed its message about the proposed closure of the St Abbs Lifeboat Station being…
Read MoreDon’t let this be Our Swan Song
This Saturday (27/6/2015) the Scotsman published a two page article titled: “Swan song for St Abbs lifeboat station” by Ben Nimmo. The article was about the proposed closure of the station and the recent rescue of Marion McFarlane. “I was about 13 metres down. I tried to breathe, and suddenly…
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Cross Party Support for our Campaign
We’d like to thank our local MSPs for supporting our campaign. Both John Lamont MSP and Paul Wheelhouse MSP have both given us valuable support, advice and have helped raise the profile of our campaign. We have also had the support of our local constituency MP Calum Kerr MP. On the…
Read MoreOur petition heads towards 4000 signatures
St Abbs is a small community, but as the number of signatures to our online petition edges towards 4000 it is apparent that we have the support of people from all over the country. We’d like to thank you if you have already signed the petition. And if you’ve not…
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Just one of our Heroes
Darren Crowe, from St Abbs, saved the life of a man who had slipped and fallen into the sea at the foot of the cliffs of St Abb’s Head. When the St Abbs Lifeboat reached the spot, Darren swam into the cave where the man was clinging to a rock…
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