Lifeboat volunteers with a combined 300 years service in west Cornwall have been honoured by the RNLI. Long-service awards have been presented to Penlee Lifeboat Station members Janet Madron, who has served 50 years, Rosalie Whitlock (50 years), Andrew Munsen (50 years), Dr Mike Hersant (50 years), Roy Pascoe (40 years), Margaret Pascoe (30 years) and Margaret Pomeroy (30 years). Janet, who is branch chairman, has received the RNLI s 50 years service award for her voluntary fundraising. She originally became involved at Penlee when her husband Stephen joined the RNLI, and although Janet lost her husband in the Penlee Lifeboat disaster of 1981 her unstinting efforts for the RNLI have continued.
The Helston Packet on Ferbuary 1, 1996
New hospital heralds the start of a new era THE £1.3-million extension at Helston Community Hospital was officially opened on Monday by Dame Rennie Fritchie, chairman of the South and west Regional Health Authority. It was a year ago that work began on the old cottage hospital to transform it into a modern, multi-purpose community hospital. The hospital is now three times the size and provides purpose-built accommodation with 20 beds and a 20-place day hospital for elderly people, together with outpatients and physiotherapy department. The many improvements include single rooms, some with en suite facilities.
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