Would the RNLI exist without slave trade profits?
Dec 03, 2020
2 minutes
The night was very black, the strong onshore wind bitterly cold and bringing with it rain off the sea. I had arrived, many years ago, at the deserted harbour of Courtmacsherry in Ireland.
I was there to cover a pilotage story for with which the local lifeboat crew were going to assist. I found the lifeboatmen in the pub, warming their hands in front of
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