Happy Xmas to all from everyone at the CGA.

2012 Diaries have been sent to all Central Branch members.

Have a great 2012

Booking details for the 35th CGA AGM to be held in Burnham-On-Sea on the 30th March 2012 have been posted in the AGM news section. Any questions please email Ian at centralbranchsecretarycga@live.co.uk

Due to the webmaster retiring from the CGA, the website has not been updated for some time. We hope to rectify this shortly. Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

National secretary has a new email address

nationalsecretarycga@googlemail.com

To be used from now on please

Some older and ancient members may remember Geoffrey Pallett , who was for many years Editor of Coastguard Magazine in its old form when published by the D O T ; although now retired Jeffrey has recently undergone triple bypass surgery on his heart, is doing well , in fine form, although he has to take it easy for a bit!

Wreck tokens Apart from the Officers in charge of Coastguard stations, all other coastguards were volunteers and unpaid as is the case today. However when they were called out and attended or assisted in a shipping casualty such as a shipwreck, they received a token payment. It is stated that this was introduced to prevent pilfering from any cargo that was washed up from the shipwreck, this however is not established and we should regard it as payment for services rendered.

Stuart Day ,Deputy Station Officer Southend Coastguard, at a recent presentation at Shoeburyness, attended by family, colleagues and retired CGs +local RNLI. Stuart received his 10 year clasp to his medal, having served 30 years. The late Chris Day , his father was Auxiliary I/C at Southend for some years.

Coastguards now able to fly the flag

Any news please email to coastlinemagazine@googlmail.com and victorypublishing@tiscali.co.uk