Lifeboat to the rescue: 1
My home town of Teddington is one of the RNLI’s* first lifeboat stations to cover a river stretch rather than estuary waters and the sea; it’s also one of four lifeboat stations on the River Thames and is based at Teddington Lock, its highest tidal point.
As well as regular training exercises, the Teddington Lifeboat volunteers also give lessons on lifesaving to staff of riverside pubs and restaurants; today helmsman Tim James (pictured) and the crew are at Kingston demonstrating how to pull someone in trouble out of the river.
Teddington is equipped with two "D Class" lifeboats and unlike the other Thames stations, is run on a purely voluntary basis.
There are a couple more images here .
*RNLI = Royal National Lifeboat Institution, one of Britain's leading charities. Founded in 1824, the RNLI has 237 lifeboat stations and operates 444 lifeboats throughout the UK. In 2015, crews rescued on average 22 people a day. It’s principally funded by legacies and donations, and most lifeboat crew members are unpaid (but highly trained) volunteers.
Lifeboat to the rescue: 1
My home town of Teddington is one of the RNLI’s* first lifeboat stations to cover a river stretch rather than estuary waters and the sea; it’s also one of four lifeboat stations on the River Thames and is based at Teddington Lock, its highest tidal point.
As well as regular training exercises, the Teddington Lifeboat volunteers also give lessons on lifesaving to staff of riverside pubs and restaurants; today helmsman Tim James (pictured) and the crew are at Kingston demonstrating how to pull someone in trouble out of the river.
Teddington is equipped with two "D Class" lifeboats and unlike the other Thames stations, is run on a purely voluntary basis.
There are a couple more images here .
*RNLI = Royal National Lifeboat Institution, one of Britain's leading charities. Founded in 1824, the RNLI has 237 lifeboat stations and operates 444 lifeboats throughout the UK. In 2015, crews rescued on average 22 people a day. It’s principally funded by legacies and donations, and most lifeboat crew members are unpaid (but highly trained) volunteers.