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Newsletter Summer 2004

Station Managers Spot

 Once again its time to put pen to paper and get the next edition out to all our members, I am rather late this year owning to several factors, the first being a holiday in Unst, North of the Shetland islands, also being hospitalised for a long standing shoulder injury.

What a holiday, the weather was at its best for the time of the year, it was cold, wet, and blowing a gale most of the time, I now understand why my daughter marvels at the trees when she comes home to Cornwall, I felt sorry for the dogs on Shetland.

During our crossing from Aberdeen to Lerwick, our ship diverted from its normal route to go to the aide of a Scottish trawler who had lost all power and their boat was sinking, by the time our ferry got to them their boat had sunk and the crew were plucked from the freezing waters, I don’t think for one moment they put on this show for us alone. But on the way back to Scotland a Sea King helicopter came along side us and did a practice rescue, landing and recovering a crew member from our ship, maybe some had been warned that an important member of NCI was on board!.

Back to Unst, what a charming place it is, the friendliness of the local people was second to none, well maybe to the native Cornishman. Very bleak, around the cliffs were breath taking views, the bird life and sea life was so different from Cornwall, with seals on every beach, otters rolling in the surf, whales surfing off shore. Fulmars, gannets and puffins in abundance, alas I did not see the latter, after several hours walking to their nesting grounds only to find it would be another two weeks before they would start to arrive. I think in total I took about 300 photos in the two weeks that we were there, and now spend many happy hours reliving our trip via our photos. We had a wonderful time and arrived home exhausted.

Six weeks passed and we were again on our way to Aberdeen this time to see our granddaughter who at 10 months, was undergoing life saving operations, three in all, she is now fine but still waiting a reversal operation to give her the all clear.

it was then back to the lookout and try to sort the accumulations of problems which had occurred over the last few months, the radar had gone into a world of its own and with the marvellous help of the one of our watch keepers Colin, as a result of him having a chat with a his friend who is a trustee of the Pirate Trust here in Cornwall, they came up trumps. We are now the proud owners of a new Furuno radar and GPS, which already has proved its worth when the fog hits the coast and the visibility closes down to 30 –50 metres, the radar was works well up to 24 miles from the lookout enabling us to carry on logging the shipping movements passing our shores.

During the winter we have been experiencing losses of power and with the help of my son in law Corporal Paul Crisp from the RAF Station Saxa Vord in the Shetlands, we have traced the problem. Paul is an electrical technician at the radar station, and is responsible with his team for the day to day maintenance of the station radar equipment. it was great to have him home on leave, (a busman’s holiday as it happened), we always seem to find an urgent job at out lookout for him when he comes on leave. He confirmed our worst thoughts that our main batteries are failing to hold their charge and will need replacing as a matter of great urgency, as these are our only source of power. They have had two and a half years use being float charged from our wind generator, and we have been told that two years is their probable life expectancy. We had hoped it would be a matter of just recharging, but it is becoming clearer that this will not cure problem. The replacement set, being 440 ampere hours capacity gel cells, will cost in the region of £800.00.

Our web site is running extremely well thanks to my deputy George Barnes. I must commend every one for their support since I took over the watch co-ordination for making my job so easy. We are now, with the help of all watch keepers, booking up to four months in advance. We are pleased to be progressing towards doubling up on watch keepers complying with health and safety requirements. I find this a great relief for accidents can and do happen. With our station being so remote most watch keepers will agree with me, that in having doubled up watch keepers it will improve safety should there be a problem.

The Station has been functioning very efficiently again this year; I don’t think I have ever had the pleasure of working with such an enthusiastic crew in any organisation that I have been involved with. My sincere thanks to all concerned. Derek Our Treasurer writes;

Our fundraising activities were scaled down over the winter period mainly to give those who support this activity a break. As you may appreciate there is a considerable amount of dedication and hard work that goes into organising and running these functions. Derek and I would like to thank all who have participated. Our Friends of Stepper crew are busy hatching plans for different fundraising activities during the coming months; these will be announced locally and on our website www.stepper-point.co.uk The donation box at the station is still helping to top up the funds, but as would be expected has very low input until the holiday season get underway. Our ‘Friends of Stepper ‘membership is still growing with a few new contributors each month, we are hopeful that we may get some support from those yachtsmen who visit us during the course of the season. We are very grateful to the Measures Trust for their continued support; “Thanks once again, Ian “. Again I extend our thanks to all who support us, without their help we could not function.

The Technical Bit             George Barnes  D/SM

A story of misfortune, balanced against good fortune. During the past few months our radar equipment began to fail and became very unreliable, eventually giving up the ghost. I am pleased to report that we now have a brand new state of the art unit, giving us a target range of 24 nautical miles plus a bit due to the fact that we are so high on the cliff top, it is able to give us exact bearing and distance using GPS technology. The crew are now finding their way around the new bit of kit and will have to be given refresher training when our training officer returns home from his duties in the Norwegian Sea.

The donation for the equipment was given by the Pirate Trust. We extend our thanks to Martin Bishop and Colin Lawler for their efforts in negotiating the donation. Our weather equipment has been modified by John Pote of Weather UK, he has fitted more powerful light emitting diodes to the display unit making it easier to read during daylight hours, we are still on course with the project to pass weather data to Weather UK www.weather.uk.com this experimental project, conceived by Rob Osborne & John Pote and should be up and running later in the near future.

Our bid to improve the reliability of our telephone system is still ongoing; we have had another quote from BT for £39,000 which is obviously beyond our means. At present we have the loan for evaluation purposes of a Premtel unit, this is basically a cloned mobile phone system in an interface unit which allow a standard BT type telephone to be plugged into it, this removes the problems of operating small and fiddly mobile phones and helps persons with defective hearing problems. This would seem to be our best way forward, but for one fact, that the unit costs approx £600.

As you will have read in Station Managers report we have had considerable problems with our power supplies. Due to lack of sustained wind over long periods since March this year, this combined with a wind turbine problem meant we have had difficulty in keeping our batteries fully charged. Our batteries have given over 2 years of good service and are now in need of replacement at a considerable cost. To improve the charging backup we now have purchased a 2nd solar panel in anticipation of seeing some sun this summer. Maintenance of equipment at the station is not a job for the faint hearted, a walk of 2 kilometers with all the kit one needs, it needs forward planning down to the last nut & bolt otherwise it means another trip home to get the missing items.

To finish with, a somewhat amusing story. I was away recently on holiday, when my mobile rung. Who was it? it was a worried watchkeeper. “Help I can smell burning” ah! I now went into a routine question and answer mode, which I am getting quite good at now. After a few minutes I came to the conclusion that it must be a small voltage regulator unit that had become misplaced and blocked the ventilator duct on the charger controller, it sure was. it was in a rather molten state but still functioning. Alls well that ends well, just another job to sort out.

TWENTY-ONE DAYS TO THE CAPE or THERE AND BACK AGAIN AVOIDING DVT.

If you have ever spent miserable hours scraunched up in an Economy Class airline seat on your way to start your annual holidays then try something different .I have always had a great love of Africa having been lucky enough to have seen a great part of it at the tax payers expense during my Army service . When my sister purchased a cottage in Fishhoek on the Cape Peninsula the chance of a cheap holiday immediately appealed to my miserly instincts. The prospect of an ii hour flight with our knees under our chins did not fill us with enthusiasm so we cast around for an alternative and came up with SAF MARiNE container ships After a few phone calls and a letter or two and a not too enormous cheque we found ourselves at Tilbury on a windy April morning embarking on a 70,000 ton container ship named the BELDERBURG.

These ships are known all over the world as the Great Whites and ply between South Africa and Europe and can carry up to 3101 TEUs (TEU is a twenty foot equivalent unit) The Maximum gross weight of a 20 ft container is 24 tonnes so you can begin to deduce how enormous these vessels are. They carry a maximum of i2 passengers so you take a chance that the mix is going to he convivial, we were extremely fortunate there were only 8 passengers and we all got on very well indeed. First stop was Willhelinshaven where we unloaded quite a few containers and took aboard 40 pregnant Friesian cows for the Canary islands. These cows seemed quite happy to be surrounded by containers on the upper deck and had their own Spanish cowherd to look after them during the voyage. The food on board was excellent and the South African wine was superb; not to mention the prices, 1 Litre of Gordons Gin £2!!! During the voyage we had a darts competition against the officers (during which my wife made the fatal mistake of almost beating the Captain). A round of drinks for all concerned cost £2.60

The cows were duly delivered to Grand Canaria and were last seen on the quayside quite happily chewing their first meal of Spanish hay. The weather was now becoming quite hot as we approached the Equator and the evening meals quite often took the form of ”Brie" which is an abbreviation of the Afrikaans word for Barbecue the literal translation is "Burnt Flesh". The crew were the friendliest collection of people you could wish to meet and passengers had the run of the ship with one or two exceptions, the engine room being the main one. However the Chief Engineer took all those interested on a tour of his kingdom and very interesting it was too The Captain allowed passengers on the bridge at any time except when under pilotage, so yours truly formed up early in the morning just to check the ships position on the GPS and the chart. The radar was a really amazing piece of kit and would have filled the lookout at Stepper.

Crossing the line was quite hectic and all the passengers joined in the ritual. The Captain was very impressed and said that it was the first time in his experience that all the passengers had joined in. Needless to say we were duly covered in gunge and made to kiss King Neptune’s feet etc. There was a crossing the line dinner that night and we were all presented with our Certificates. The eventual arrival in Cape Town was one of the most impressive sights I have ever seen, to see Table Mountain there is only one way and that is from the sea.

Sadly SAF MARiNE are now building new ships and they have dispensed with the passenger accommodation However should anyone be tempted NEDLLOYD still take passengers to the Cape, so all is not lost. if you have the time about 20 days , we can strongly recommend it as probably the most relaxing start to a holiday we have ever had, and of course when you disembark the jewel in Africa’s, crown awaits you Cape Province in its infinite variety. 
it beats Economy Class every time.                                                    Vic Prees

Memories of the Coastguard Station and Hawkers Cove 

I spent the first 10 years of my life living at the Coastguard Houses at Hawkers Cove where I was born. The houses were built in 1900, before that time the coastguards live at Clent House near the church in Padstow. in those days 24 hour watches were maintained at the look out at Stepper Point. The six houses with a seventh larger and more impressive station officer’s house are now council houses owned by the North Cornwall District Council. The station officer for most of the years of my childhood was Mr. Beresford Millard who lived with his South African born wife in the station officer’s house. They had a black cat but I cannot remember its name. The office where business of the station was conducted was adjacent and below their house. On the nearby lower area was a tall flagpole on which the storm cones were hoisted when a gale was forecast, and on special occasions national and royal the union jack flew from its top. Rockets were fired from this area when either of the two lifeboats, then stationed at Hawkers Cove were launched. All of the houses had large gardens which were carefully tended and the whole area was smart and tidy. A large washhouse was situated to the south of the houses it contained huge sinks and other washing facilities. Each house had a coal store which was attached to this building. A cemented area with a well was nearby, this in earlier times served the needs of the coastguard, but during my childhood water was piped from a spring near the old road that ran from Lelissick farm to the Stepper Point Quarry. The quarry remained in use until about i950.The houses commanded a fine view from their windows and comprised a large living room, a small kitchen with a sink, a copper with a furnace underneath and a bath covered with a wooden top. There was also a small sitting room facing the mouth of the estuary. There were two bedrooms on the first floor and at the top a flight of second flight of stairs an attic. The toilet was in a small courtyard. Our rent was eight shillings & six pence a week being that we were not coastguards; this was collected by the Station Officer. When we reflect on those days, my how times have changed.

Rev Barrie Kinsmen

In Remembrance of Maurice Jago & Len Peppiatt 
our departed friends and fellow watch keepers.

What is dying - Bishop Brent

A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horizon
 and someone at my side says,
She is gone, Gone where?
 Gone from my sight, that is all.
 She is just as large now as when I last saw her.
 Her diminished size and total loss from my sight is in me, 
not in her.
 And just at the moment when someone at my side says she is gone
 there are others who are watching her coming over their horizon 
and other voices take up a glad shout 
There she comes! 
That is what dying is. An horizon and just the limit of our sight. 
Lift us up, Oh Lord, that we may see further.

My involvement with matters of the Sea     Derek Lindsey Station Manager

I was born in Padstow in 1940, my childhood revolving around boats, My father Bill Lindsey Senior, being one of the major employers in the boat building industry, he owned Brabyn’s yard, North Quay yard, and the Station yard, and the Padstow ferry.

I served my time with my Father and Percy Mitchell of Port Mellon, but never carried on within the boat building trade, Many great tradesmen came out of those yards, to name but a few Donnie Mc Burnie, Peter Reveley, John England, Michael Reveley, Keith Chapman, Ken Robertson, Brian Chapman and many more.

My roots were firmly planted in Padstow; my main interest was the sea, not so much fishing but more of safety to those who did such a wonderful job around our coasts. I would spend many happy times with the older lifeboat men of the port, Alfie Orchard, Foxey Grant, John Tallick Murt, Horace Murt, Eddie Murt, Billy Bray, Percy Baker, George Pinch, Chuggy May, and many others, I would often stay aboard the lifeboat in the pool whist working with the ferry listening to their tales of the sea the war days and later the tales of their involvement with rescues with the Padstow lifeboats.

With all these tales in mind, I joined H M Coastguard in 1973 at Stepper Point under Sussex Carlyle, this was as a watch keeper at Stepper Point, in those days it was a bad weather only station, but also was a very busy station, until its closure around 1988.

After many years of storms and vandals I was asked if I would like the task of getting the station rebuilt and back in use as a watch station, this was back in i998, it took several years of lease finding, getting together a team, which consisted for i8 months of myself and George Barnes, we would go out to the lookout in all weathers, fitting new stanchions to hold the roof up, followed by windows and door; we were dry and free of wind; we were on line. I would; whilst up there pass weather conditions to the local radio, and to the Coastguard at Falmouth MRCC.

I am sure they wondered what was going on but were very pleased to receive our messages. Within a short time we had a committee and overcame many hurdles. We were able to prevail on our patron Mr. Peter Prideaux Brune, to officially open the station in 2001. The service of dedication was given by one of our members Canon Michael Fisher. We are now equipped with Radio VHF, Radar Radio DF, a wind turbine, solar panel, and a weather station, all this has been achieved by the kindness of our sponsors. We are proud to be the only green NCI station in the British isles.

The station is open 7 days a week and you will be made very welcome to visit us. We also have given H M Coastguard the Padstow and Rock lifeboats our assurance of a 24-hour call out to watch over them whether on service or exercise.

We all hope with our station up and running, the coast and sea around us will be a safer place for the fishermen, coastal walkers, and all who come to our lovely area.

Marine VHF Short Range Certificate      Sarah Thorneycroft

Several members of the NCI Stepper Point Coastwatch team spent a Saturday in May down at Cornwall College learning all about the use of VHF radios.

The day started with a quick test – we all had to spell out our Christian names using the phonetic alphabet – (mine being Sierra, Alpha, Romeo, Alpha, Hotel) – those that tried to shorten their names got to spell out their surnames as well!

The day started with some theory, including why the Global Maritime Distress and Safety Service (GMDSS) was introduced in 1992, and the principles behind the system. We learnt about all manner of safety equipment and systems, including Maritime Mobile Service identity (MMSI) numbers, Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and how it can be interfaced with GPS (Global Positioning System), Navtex, Emergency Position indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), and Search and Rescue Transponders (SART).

Did you know, for example, that radio waves travel in a straight line (that is, line of sight communication), which is why it is important that the VHF antenna is positioned as high as possible on your boat?

We then spent some time on what various channels are used for, for example, channel 16 is for distress and calling only, channel 6 being a working ship to ship channel, channel 70 for DSC only, etc. This was followed by the rules of transmitting messages and then some practice on transmitting messages about a variety of incidents. This was very useful in helping us determine whether an incident warranted a ‘mayday’ or not. The course also covered the use of ‘pan pan’ and ‘relay’ messages.

The day finished with a test of what we had learnt during the day – and thankfully we all passed. Those that wanted to, were then able to purchase their VHF certificate. We now feel confident about the use of the VHF radio in the Lookout when we are able to use it to communicate with others in an emergency situation.

Training Visit to MRCC Falmouth             Sarah Thorneycroft

A group of NCI Stepper Point watch keepers visited the Coastguard Station at Falmouth on the evening of 16th June 2004. it was a beautiful early summer’s evening, and we spent a very interesting two and a half hours at the Coastguard Station.

We were met on arrival by David Searle, who is the NCI Liaison Officer for the MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency). The evening started with a twenty minute video outlining the functions performed by the MCA. This proved a very useful introduction to the wide range of activities that Coastguard operatives are involved in, and sparked off the many questions that followed the presentation. David then gave an overview of the equipment and personnel employed at Falmouth, followed by a tour of the facilities. We also had the opportunity to talk to the Officers on duty, who explained in more detail how each piece of equipment was used.

It was comforting to see that they still had a manual compass and some binoculars at the window – although the view wasn’t quite as nice as ours!! I think we would all agree that there was a lot of equipment available that we would like at the Lookout.

It was gratifying to hear that the Officers do appreciate there being a visual watch at Stepper Point. Some operational issues were also raised with Officers, for example weather reports from Stepper Point, and it was agreed on the most appropriate time for phoning these in.

All in all a very useful and interesting visit. watch keepers have a further opportunity this year to visit Falmouth on the 14th September.

North Sea View.

Greetings once again from the North, albeit at the time of writing I am in Padstow and we have been enjoying a lovely spell of weather.

Since last update I’ve been sailing West of the Shetland isles where the next piece of land is America and where we frequently encounter some poor weather, although the last trip we never had anything over a force 7, which enabled us to carry out a lot of training particularly with our fast rescue craft as you can see from the attached photo.

I will endeavor during the next few trips to take a video camera away with me as I’m sure from conversations I’ve had with many of our watch keepers that many of you will be interested to see what weather conditions are like in winter in those higher latitudes North of 60degrees.

As far as Stepper Point training is concerned I’m still receiving training notes and Personal Achievement Records for assessment and following our last training night on the 9th August, on which 24 watch keepers attended and bearing in mind what traffic and parking is like in and around Padstow in mid August I think is a wonderful effort by all!, I’m am putting into place training nights for specific areas where some watch keepers have requested further training, initially these will consist of sessions on, chart work, communications and meteorology with others to follow.

in the last news letter I stated that I would give more information this time on what is required by us all to enable Stepper Point to apply to for “Declared Facility Status” unfortunately this is a very complex matter, suffice to say that in the first instant ALL training books and Personal Achievement Records must be completed by ALL watch keepers with the exception of those under training, to allow us to request a visit from the auditing team. Hopefully by the next news letter we will be close to this goal and I will then explain the next step in the procedure.

Thanking you all for your continued effort and support in training for Stepper Point. Safe sailing to those that go to sea, and good and safe watch keeping to all. Please note we are always ready to take on new entrants who wish to become watch keepers and NO prior knowledge is required as complete training will be given, so if you’re looking for a challenge with a very worthwhile outcome please contact us. Sid Porter Training Officer. Tele No: - 01841 532067, E-Mail:- sidporter@talkgas.net

A Visit to Prawle Point                                                 Michael Fisher 

it was blowing Force 7 at Stepper and raining outside, so visitors were rather scarce, when a fellow watch keeper arrived to bring greetings from the NCI station at Prawle Point in South Devon. if ever you're round our way", he said, "You'll be sure of a warm welcome." The very next week I was in South Devon, and so Jan and I walked along the cliff to the station there, and our visitor was quite right, we were welcomed warmly, shown round the station and even offered refreshments.

The station building was originally a signal station, then a coastguard one. The coastguard houses, now occupied by others, still stand just inland from the station, and the watch keepers have the benefit of a parking space there. To offset that they have to drive some miles down a very winding, very narrow Devon lane, and after driving down it myself, I decided I would just as soon have our long walk!

The station and the land around belong to the National Trust, who have been very supportive of the work. Prawle Point has also benefited from some very generous donors who have enabled the station to enlarge its lookout to twice its original size, specifically so that the watch keepers can look into the mouth of Salcombe Harbour. The enlarged building has tilted windows, tinted to keep out glare, with electric wipers on the outside and ventilators above them.

The lookout is furnished with two telescopes each of up to x60 magnification, radar, a full range of weather instruments, a landline telephone, including a panic button should a watch keeper be taken ill or other emergency arise, and mains electricity. They have one other facility that we do not: having now attained "declared facility status" they are permitted to talk to Brixham Coastguard via Channel 0.

The station has ample storage space and a separate "smallest room". A former Coast guard store next door has been converted into an exhibition room, where walkers along the coast path can learn about the work of the NCI and something about sea and coast safety in general.

We were welcomed by Mr Yeomans, the Station Manager and a fellow watch keeper, and we invited them to visit Stepper Point, should they be our way, but told them that they would have to bring their own refreshments!

Note by the editor. As our local museum faces closure as a result of being unable to continue its occupation of rented rooms at the Padstow institute, I add this little article as a matter of interest to our supporters.

MUSEUM Dilemma - July 2004

Faced with an uncertain future Padstow Museum continues to accept items of particular local interest into its collection. This is what the founders set out to do and in the words of a report written by Richard Glassborow on the future of Padstow Museum “Closure and disposal of the collection should be beyond contemplation”. It would be sad indeed if there were not a place in the community for us in years to come. As if to emphasize the importance of our local museum two items have recently been offered and are on display as received. They are in need of some restoration but otherwise splendid examples of the kind of object the museum welcomes. Firstly, water colour by the well known marine artist Reuben Chappell, who lived and worked in Par for many years. The picture is of the PAR of Fowey and until recently it hung in the hallway of Mrs. Norah Chown’s flat in Hornabrook Court. Her son Wally and his daughter Faye see the museum as the appropriate place to display this link with our maritime history. We agree and are checking the history of this steam ship that made frequent trips in to Padstow. The second item to come our way recently was from Tony Allen who was involved along with Bill Lindsey in the founding of the museum. Some years ago he had acquired a ships model from the Baker family at Cove. it was a model of a two masted topsail schooner typical of those built and owned in Padstow for much of the i9c. Given the name STYCH after the Lifeboat served in by William John Baker, it is a fine example of the model maker’s craft. William John’s daughter Mary remembers it being kept in the old pig’s house at the rear of the cottage. She is delighted that it can now be seen by the public after all this time. Regular visitors may have noticed that the pair of Choughs normally on display is missing. These have been sent to Exeter Museum for specialist treatment for minor infestation. These have been on loan for a number of years and we are grateful to David Old and his family from Trevone for making this a permanent gift. New this year to the Obby-Oss display is a teaser’s club from Michael Constance and the second master of ceremonies’ staff of the Blue Ribbon Oss. A nicely made mask made for a kids’ Oss has come to us from the Retreat at St Columb via Nick Darke of Porthcothan. Remember the ‘Morning Star’ exhibit in the Parish Church last year and the prize-winning exhibit of Padstow WI in this years Royal Cornwall. Both have been promised to the Museum.

The Museum is open Monday to Friday – 10.30 to 4.30 and on Saturdays from 10.30 to 1 pm. Adults £1 children FREE. You will find us upstairs from the library in the Men's institute in Market Place. Come and see for yourself what we are trying to do to preserve some of Padstow’s heritage for future generations.

Any information on Padstow Museum and its future can be obtained either from the chair person John Buckingham on 01841-532470 or by visiting the website at www.padstowmuseum.co.uk

PADSTOW MUSEUM Market Street Padstow. Padstow Museum opens Easter until late October Why not visit our web site at www.padstowmuseum.co.uk

Latest News On 28th July we held a very successful barbecue at the Well Parc Hotel Trevone Nr Padstow. A brilliant venue with lovely views of the sea, the evening was warm and dry with a final touch of a beautiful sunset. The event was well attended by families and friends of the station as well as many visitors on holiday in the area. Twenty five plus members of the Stepper Crew attended running the various stalls, raffles and games. A special mention to Sid and his wife Colleen who along with Pixie (Colin) slaved over the barbecue, also to Derek, Wendy and Chrissie who kept the servery going. Betty and Hilda ran a very successful Tombola which raised valuable funds. Our crew are never off duty, while tending one of the stalls one of the watch keepers saw a red flare out to sea, she immediately alerted the Falmouth Coastguard (MRCC) who investigated the incident. This was attributed to being as a result of naval exercises.

All in all a very enjoyable and successful evening our sincere thanks to all and a special thank you to our hosts Ray & Sally Mills and the staff of Well Parc Hotel. Renovation and extension of the watch house Our project for 2005 is to improve the watch house by replacing the existing extension with a larger permanent structure using local materials. Negotiations are in hand with the Prideaux-Brune estate to move this project forward. Watch this space.

Friends of Stepper Point

If you have enjoyed reading this edition of our newsletter, please feel free to pass it on to a friend, whom you think could be interested in supporting us. You may wish to visit our web site at www. stepper-point.co.uk where you will find regular updates of newsworthy items and information about our worthwhile project. Membership forms for the Friends of Stepper can be printed from our web site., or feel free to photocopy the last page of this newsletter. Standing Order forms can be requested from the Treasurer

Stepper Point Contact numbers.

Lookout telephone No 07810898041 Station Manager Derek C Lindsey 01841-540505. e-mail oilpainting1@ntlworld.com Treasurer George Barnes 01841-532620 e-mail george.barnes2@ntlworld.com Secretary Sarah Thorneycroft 01841-541020 Membership Secretary 01841-540505 Training Officer Sid Porter 01841 532067 e-mail sidporter@talkgas.net H & S Officer Vic Prees 01841-540570

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