Jezlyn
New member
Any forumites had to be rescued after their Christmas dinner yesterday?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8424245.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8424245.stm
Christmas Party Rescue
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FullCircle
Well-known member
Here it is....
Party revellers rescued from Essex ship
More than 100 people were trapped on a permanently-moored ship in Essex when the gangway moved, leaving it too dangerous to use.
The 112 people were eating Christmas dinner on the HMS Wilton, which serves as the Essex Yacht Club's clubhouse, when the incident happened.
Firefighters used a winch to secure the gangway and then helped walk each person across one at a time.
It took fire crews an hour to get everyone off the boat safely.
Martin Powell, from Essex Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The crews did a fantastic job.
"It was a unusual rescue requiring no small amount of innovation on their part to get everyone safely off.
"On top of this crews had to carry all of the equipment for half a mile down a snowy hill and along an icy path to get it where it was needed."
Sounds like a hoot. Wish I had been there.
Party revellers rescued from Essex ship
More than 100 people were trapped on a permanently-moored ship in Essex when the gangway moved, leaving it too dangerous to use.
The 112 people were eating Christmas dinner on the HMS Wilton, which serves as the Essex Yacht Club's clubhouse, when the incident happened.
Firefighters used a winch to secure the gangway and then helped walk each person across one at a time.
It took fire crews an hour to get everyone off the boat safely.
Martin Powell, from Essex Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The crews did a fantastic job.
"It was a unusual rescue requiring no small amount of innovation on their part to get everyone safely off.
"On top of this crews had to carry all of the equipment for half a mile down a snowy hill and along an icy path to get it where it was needed."
Sounds like a hoot. Wish I had been there.
gentle nimbus
New member
eyc rescue
saw the coastguard bluelighting through leigh yesterday on there way to the wilton strange the gangway came off the tide was out
saw the coastguard bluelighting through leigh yesterday on there way to the wilton strange the gangway came off the tide was out
Marmalade
Well-known member
so Pi**ed they thought the ground was moving? Nothing new really...
MoodySabre
Well-known member
These plastic boats are a bit slippy in the mud
Wished I'd known - it would have been worth a short stroll to enjoy somebody else's misery
Wished I'd known - it would have been worth a short stroll to enjoy somebody else's misery
AJB43
New member
Journalistic licence
A very fine lunch indeed,...not as dramatic as they like to make out. We
A very fine lunch indeed,...not as dramatic as they like to make out. We
Saguday
Active member
... ran out of words?
Sixpence
Active member
Fell in ?