A tribute to Filey’s coastguard brothers – The Yorkshire Post says

THE lifelong stories that brothers John and Martin Haxby recount in The Yorkshire Post today are another reminder that Her Majesty’s Coastguards are, in fact, the country’s fourth emergency service.
By YP Comment
Published 11th May 2020, 11:47 BST
Martin and John Haxby served for 80 years as coastguards in Filey.Martin and John Haxby served for 80 years as coastguards in Filey.
Martin and John Haxby served for 80 years as coastguards in Filey.

Countless visitors to the Filey coast owe their lives to this remarkable pair who have now both retired after giving more than 80 years of proud and loyal service to their local community.

As well as their tales, they have also left incredibly big boots to fill as the Maritime and Coastguard Agency advertises for a new generation of volunteer coastguards.

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Yet, while the country is supposed to be in a state of lockdown, coastguards did report a significant increase in callouts in some parts of the country over the weekend.

Countless people owe their lives to borthers John and Martin Haxby who have both mow retired as coastguards.Countless people owe their lives to borthers John and Martin Haxby who have both mow retired as coastguards.
Countless people owe their lives to borthers John and Martin Haxby who have both mow retired as coastguards.

It was a timely reminder that the most beguiling conditions along the coast, or in the sea, mask hidden dangers at all times.

Or as the Haxby brothers put it in their own down-to-earth way: “Time and tide waits for no man.”

Editor’s note: first and foremost - and rarely have I written down these words with more sincerity - I hope this finds you well.

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Almost certainly you are here because you value the quality and the integrity of the journalism produced by The Yorkshire Post’s journalists - almost all of which live alongside you in Yorkshire, spending the wages they earn with Yorkshire businesses - who last year took this title to the industry watchdog’s Most Trusted Newspaper in Britain accolade.

And that is why I must make an urgent request of you: as advertising revenue declines, your support becomes evermore crucial to the maintenance of the journalistic standards expected of The Yorkshire Post. If you can, safely, please buy a paper or take up a subscription. We want to continue to make you proud of Yorkshire’s National Newspaper but we are going to need your help.

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Sincerely. Thank you.

James Mitchinson, Editor

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