THE LIFEBOAT THAT WENT BY LAND

Published by Bayfair Publications, Silver Street, Robin Hood’s Bay,

North Yorkshire, YO22 4SB

A Picture book suitable for age 4+

This is a picture book that was donated to the Re-Enactment of the ‘Visiter’ Rescue.

Text and illustrations by Theresa Tomlinson.

It tells how the crew of the coal brig, Visiter were rescued in 1881. The lifeboat, Robert Whitworth was pulled for more than six miles over the cliff-tops from Whitby to Robin Hood’s Bay, through deep snow.

The book can be ordered from the publisher above. All profits will go to the RNLI. £3.50 including P&P.

To find out more about the area this took place, plus news, pictures and holiday accommodation for the Robin Hoods Bay area of North Yorkshire:

click here  http://www.bayfair.co.uk/

ISBN 0-9530357-1-9

THE VOYAGE OF THE SILVER BREAM

Published by A&C Black August 2001

Suitable for Age 7+

A story of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Waterway. Jack and Izzie’s father is the captain of a keelboat, the Dragonfly; that carries grain from the River Humber, up the waterway to Sheffield Canal Basin, then returns with a cargo of coal or iron goods. The new railway companies threaten to put the keelboats out of business, so Jack and Izzie must try to help their father save the Silver Bream.

ISBN 0-7136-5849-5