Putney Society Meeting: RNLI on the Thames

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Station manager Wayne Bellamy explains the work of a lifeboat station

Wayne Bellamy, station manager at the Chiswick Lifeboat Station. Picture: RNLI

There will be a chance to find out more about the work of the RNLI on the Thames in a talk hosted by The Putney Society’s Open Spaces Panel.

On Monday 3 October at 7:30pm at the Community Church, Werter Road, Wayne Bellamy, station manager at Chiswick Pier, will be talk about the history and work of his lifeboat station, how the crews are trained for river work and how the pandemic has had an impact on their work over the last two and a half years. He will also discuss what the public can do to enjoy the river safely.

Chiswick is one of the RNLI’s newest lifeboat stations and one of four stations operating on the Thames: these were the first stations to specifically cover a river rather than estuarial waters or the sea.

Chiswick and Tower Bridge stations are some of the busiest in the UK – the former has averaged 220 incidents annually over the last 20 years.

The event will be live streamed. If you wish to join remotely contact registration@putneysociety.org.uk .

Otherwise you are invited come along to the Hall from 7pm and meet up before the meeting.

Normal business will be resumed in October when the Putney Society Meeting will be held on the fourth Monday of the month, (Monday 24 October). Hosted again by the Open Spaces Panel, the subject will be the Roehampton Garden Society. The speaker will be Jackie Savage, the vice chair of the Society, who will explore the history and thriving present circumstances of their 250 allotments on two sites covering 5 acres. The meeting will be held in person at The Community Church, Werter Road, SW15 2LL starting at 7.30pm and will also be live streamed.

The Putney Society’s website contains more information about many other local issues.

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September 30, 2022