Protector

[Tynesider]

Sorry, got confused between my Tynesiders and Tynebuoys earlier in the thread.

Hi Dave
Don't worry mate I get confused every day
On Sunday I spent 10 minutes looking for my blue car at the marina, until I realised I had come in my wifes, which is silver

[northeast]

Sorry, got confused between my Tynesiders and Tynebuoys earlier in the thread.

One of them rides the waves, the other one waves for rides .....

[creemaster]

There was a piece a couple of months back about the loss of PROTECTOR in the local JOURNAL paper. Two of the pilots were father and son and, I think, the father was on in place of another son who was also a pilot. Of course in those days pilots was literally a family business, one of the Blyth pilots I knew was a Purvis and they were and old pilot family.

Graham
Rainy and wet Ellington (but in God's county)

[Whickham]

Yes, very much a family business. The link I posted earlier:

http://www.tyneareasc.org.uk/peopleandplaces.html#Tyne

Has another pilot's story by Tom Purvis a Tyne Pilot.