If you head from Margate railway station towards the seafront, one of the first things you’ll see will be this bronze memorial to the nine lifeboat men who perished aboard the Friend to all nations surfboat in the dreadful storm of 1897. This life size statue of a lifeboat man dressed in his standard uniform of oilskins and cork life-vest gazes out across the sea towards Nayland Rock, where the tragedy took place.
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An evocative shot! Wonderfully done.
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It’s a wonderful memorial.
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Yes, a very cool angle, Debbie. This is valuable!
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Thanks Paula
It’s not often that I’m happy with bad weather, but the dull sky suited the sombreness of this memorial
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🙂 true
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This was so interesting! Thanks for posting the photo.
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a wonderful memorial 🙂
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Very haunting image. Love this.
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Some of my wife’s ancestors came from around here, clearly having left before 1897!! This is something we missed, so thank you for sharing.
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