Fifty-year rescue volunteers tell tales, give advice

9:48 PM Sun 16 Jan 2011 GMT

'Richard and Valeries Williams - photo by Neil Mulligan' .

You can?t chalk up 50 years of service with the volunteer sea rescue without some interesting stories to tell, and Rockingham couple Richard and Valerie Williams have more than their fair share. 'I?ll never forget the bloke who for some reason decided to pull a stingray onto his boat,' Richard said. 'He was semi-conscious when we got to him ? the barb had got into one of his veins. He was OK in the end though. 'Another time, I was working as a swimmer, and I had to swim to an upside down boat, which was in the shipping channel. ...

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