A small gathering was held in the Penlee lifeboat boathouse last week to bid farewell to David Whitehead, superintendent of The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen (the Fishermen's Mission) which supports working, retired and disabled fishermen and their families.

David, who has served in Newlyn for the last couple of years, is moving to Sheffield to continue his Christian ministry with his wife Anne and his baby son Nicholas.

Links between the Mission and the RNLI are very close and David will be missed around Penlee. His replacement is the popular previous incumbent, Keith Dixon.

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