Rescue on River Awe

Emergency services rescued a person stranded in the water near the Bridge of Awe on Saturday November 6.

‘Operations control immediately mobilised two fire engines and specialist water rescue units to the scene,’ a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said, ‘and crews assisted the coastguard to safely recover the casualty to a position of safety before they were handed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.’

Coastguard rescue teams from Oban and Inveraray were also deployed.

Meanwhile, Tobermory RNLI is celebrating Scotland’s lifeboats by showing an archive film called Launch! at An Tobar in Tobermory on Sunday November 14 at 4pm.

The film has been two years in the making, with unprecedented access to the RNLI’s own archives. Film footage from the 1920s of lifeboats, sourced from the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive, is woven with 1960s colour promotional films and breath-taking digital video captured by RNLI crews’ helmet cameras while at sea. The film is part of the celebration of Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters 20/21. Mull’s audience will be delighted to see featured in Launch! a film shot in 1930s Tobermory showing the naming ceremony of the lifeboat Sir Arthur Rose.

Tobermory RNLI Lifeboat operations manager Dr Sam Jones said: ‘As well as some modern rescue footage from our station, the film features footage of the naming ceremony of the Sir Arthur Rose, Tobermory’s first lifeboat, at the fisherman’s pier in August 1939. We’re grateful to An Tobar for hosting what promises to be a wonderful afternoon but for also donating the proceeds of the box office to our lifeboat station.’

Roger Lockwood CB, chairman of the RNLI Scottish Council, said: ‘This is a unique and exciting opportunity for audiences to see the operations of the RNLI in Scotland.’

After the film, some of Tobermory RNLI’s volunteer crew will be talking about their lifesaving work and audiences are welcome to share their own stories about the RNLI.