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Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

95 Bravest of the Brave, Penlee Lifeboat Station

Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

Fat Belly Films

Comment, News, History, Neil Oliver

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Neil comes face to face with the exploits of the Solomon Brown lifeboat crew. With a hurricane battering the Cornish coast, 8 men set sail from Penlee Lifeboat Station in an attempt to save the passengers and crew of the Union Star.

As the Union Star was being violently tossed ever closer towards deadly rocks a helicopter rescue pilot witnessed the bravery of the Solomon Brown crew as they attempted to rescue everyone aboard the Union Star – the helicopter pilot described what he saw and the lifeboat men as, ‘truly the greatest eight men I have ever seen’.  

 

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0:00.0

The 15 million pound Lotto Super Saturday jackpot must be won this Saturday.

0:04.5

Or thousands of you will win a share of the prize.

0:06.7

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0:07.7

Maybe Raj, watching the racewalk and thinking I could do that.

0:10.6

Well speed walk down the shop and get yourself a ticket.

0:13.1

Lotto will you be next play in store or on app the national lottery account terms

0:17.6

rules and procedures apply players must be 18 or over Welcome my lovely fellow time travellers. It's always good to know you're out there

0:30.0

as we hirtle through history together.

0:33.0

A big thanks to everyone who's signed up to my Patreon site.

0:36.0

It makes this podcast possible.

0:38.0

If you're not a member yet and you want to join,

0:41.0

just go to Patreon.com and you can search for me by name Neil Oliver. Every week there's a new video

0:47.7

that Paul and I make together in my home in Sterling. They're a mix of

0:51.4

history and comment often considering the ways in which the events of the present

0:55.7

day have echoes in the past. There being nothing new under the sun, as it says in the old book.

1:01.7

Hopefully they're all thought-provoking.

1:04.0

Some are more light-hearted than others, some are quite heavy,

1:07.0

quite a lot of archaeology, all sorts,

1:09.0

but there's plenty to get your teeth into,

1:11.0

and that's what Paul and I aim for anyway. Right now it's time for

1:15.1

this week's love letter to the British Isles so steal yourselves for a tale like

1:19.5

no other a tale of extraordinary bravery and sacrifice, a heartbreaking tragedy.

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