An extraordinary heroine who overcame her fear of drowning to risk her life rescuing passengers stranded at sea. Discover the true story of #GraceDarling, brought to life by award-winning author @hilarymckay.bsky.social.
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#StainedGlassSunday this piece of art is dedicated to the heroine #GraceDarling who helped rescue survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838, which brought her national fame. eight members of the crew and one passenger were saved.
#History #Northumberland #Maritime #FarneIslands #Forfarshire
Portrait of Grace Darling
7 September 1838: The wreck of the Forfarshire on the Farne Islands.
Grace Darling & her father rescued 9 Survivors. #History #GraceDarling
#Stainedglasssunday on display in the #GraceDarling #Museum run by the #RNLI in #Bamburgh she was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame. #History #Maritime #Heroine #Weather
My latest purchases from a #charityshop had me very excited when I found a #book published in 1884 about #GraceDarling, the young girl who rowed out with her father to rescue survivors from the #wreck of the Forfarshire in 1838. #history #maritimehistory #navalhistory #ww2
A Smooth Sea Never Made a Skilled Sailor ~ Franklin D Roosevelt
#writesky #booksky #readsky #scriptsky #GraceDarling #lighthouse #beacon #storm #metaphors #writingjourney #self-doubt #writingchallenge #self-doubt #impostersyndrome #authortalks #writersforum #5amwriters #indieauthor #journaling
As a sailor in Scotland I am furious. They only employ and train the best staff and help save lives at sea.
#GraceDarling
Honestly, it amazes me how you can live on the doorstep of somewhere and have no idea what fascinating things exist there! This is in Barrow in Furness... #lighthouse #gracedarling #cumbria
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