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Acknowledgements & Credits

 
 

I am indebted to the many ex-Waterguard colleagues and others, both with a Customs background or a general interest in the history of HM Coastguard and the Preventive Waterguard, who have taken the trouble to contribute facts and opinions, material, photographs and graphics for this site, as well as 'links' to other web sites with a similar interest. I also owe a debt of gratitude to Eric Preedy and all those others who have acted unwittingly as 'editors' for the site and alerting me to spelling mistakes and other grammatical errors . . . . .

In particular I'd like to thank Jim Burry PO (deceased) for the original design of the flag motif used as the site Logo. I'm also indebted to the Curator and Staff of the UKBA Museum, Liverpool - previously known as the C&E Museum - for their help and for access to their exibits, and the loan of some items for scanning. And;

 
     
     
 

For access to their

memories

For access to books

documents and forms

For access to photographs

& other graphic images

For access to equipment stores & tools etc

For permission to reproduce their copyrighted material

For their general help and assistance

(even unknowingly)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis Addison

Ted Alderson

Allen Aldred

Albert I'Anson

Denis Atkinson

John Avery

Russ Ayling

John Barber

MarkBarnard

Charles Beckett

Peter Boot

Garry Bowers

David Bowie

Chris Braham

Vic Briggs

Tony Clark

Eric Coaker

Trevor Creese

Alan Cobb

Cliff Davies

Ivor Davis

Len Donald

Bob Dover

Alan Doyle

Frank G Drake

Ron Ellis

Brian Evans

David Faulkner

Neil Fox

Doug Fraser

Ian Gourlay

Ray W Gregory

Bob Gurman

Peter Harland-Jones

Arthur Harold

Dermot Hegarty

Neville Henshaw

Steve Hill

Ian Hodges

Peter A Hopkins

Angela Hume-Smith

Barry Irwin

Barrie James

Don Jones

Trevor Jones

Ian Kerr

Tim Longley

Sam Macleod

Charlie Mansour

Julian J Metcalfe

Michael JH Millen

Barry Moore

Elaine Muirhead

Dave Mussard

Malcolm Nesbit

Jim Nicholson

Dave Nichols

Doug Oliver

John O'Keeffe

David Pace

Bob Palin

WF (Bill) Parkyn

Gerrard Parnham

Colin Poland

John Powell

Bruce Plaice-Leary

Brian Rackham

Ron Richardson

Barrie Riley

Geoff Robinson

Brian Rusell

Edward (Alan) Sadler

Iain Scott-Shore

Chris Senior

Allan Shaw

George T Smith

Mike Smith

Ron Smith

Vic Smith

Roger Spinks

Raymond Stanford

Douglas Stewart

Bill Streeter

Alan Stirling

Douglas Thomson

Dave Trathen

Geoff Travis

Caroline Turner

Barrie Tyson

David S Walters

Robert Derek Walmsley

Anthony West

Gerald Williams

Ted Wingrove

Colin Young

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Jim Allen

Dave I'Anson

Harry Appleyard

Russ Ayling

Keith Ayton MBE

John Barber

Dave Barker

Neil Bailey

Ronald George Bayly

Charlie Beckett

Peter Billing

Peter Boot

David Bowman

Sid Brian

Richard Peregrine Charles

(Perry) Broad

Mark Bullen

Chris Carr

Harry Caudwell

Eric Coaker

Mike Coulehan

Danial Stephen Curry

Cliff Davies

Hywel Davies

Eric Davis

Dennis Dewell

Alan Doyle

John Fisher

Eric Fowler

Doug Fraser

Tony Gilbert

Ernie Grayston

Ray W Gregory

W Gregson

Peter Harland-Jones

Arthur Harold

Stephen Hill

Harry Hobbs

Tony Hooper

Peter Hopkins

Paul Houghton

Geoff Hughes

Angela Hume-Smith

Don Jones

Gerry Lynch

Ed Malone

Allan Mann

Julian Metcalfe

Adrian Nelson

Jim Nicholson

Terry O'Hara

Doug Oliver

Norrie Phillips

John Pope

Eric Preedy

Nick Pugh

Susan Restorick-Banks

Geoff Robinson

Brian Russell

Edward Sadler

Brian Searle

Lukman Sinclair

Mike Smith

Vic Smith

Trevor Spindler

Douglas Stewart

Neil Stone

JR Thomas

Dave Taylor

Paul Tunney MBE

Anthony West

Ted Wingrove

Ron Woodland

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Dennis Addison

Jim Allen

Dave I'Anson

John Ashcroft

Denis Atkinson

Phil Atkinson

David Austin

John Avery

Russ Ayling

Dave Barker

Ann Barrett

Hazel Barrett

Charlie Beckett

Peter Billing

Alan Blakesley

Dave Bloom

Peter Boot

David Bowman

Dave Bowie

Mike Bradshaw

Chris Braham

British Pathe Archive

Richard Peregrine Charles

Danial Stephen Curry

(Perry) Broad

Conrad Broadley

Mark Bullen

Bob Callon

Harry Caudwell

Geoff Caulton

Alan Cobb

Tony Clark

 Mike Clement

(Burry Port History Society)

Trevor Creese

Mike Cullen

Eric Davis

Cliff Davies

Dennis Dewell

Bob Dover

Jenny Eteson

Ron Ellis

Mark Fallone

John Fisher

Jim Fitt

Mike Flude

Leigh Foster

Brian Fox

Ian Francis

Karen Francis

Brian Gautier

Tony Gilbert

Ian Godson

Ernie Grayston

Alexander Hamilton

Ray Harbidge

Rita Harraghy

John Harris

Pat Harris

Roger Harries

Keith Hedworth

Alan Henderson

David Hehir

Neville Henshaw

Stephen Hill

Dave Hirst

Harry Hobbs

Colin Holden

Steve Holden

Evelyn & Tony

Holdstock

Tony Hooper

Peter A Hopkins

Laurence Howard

Angela Hume-Smith

Ian Hunter

Rob James

(Swansea Sea Scouts)

Brian Jones

Selwyn Johnston

The Headhunters

Railway Museum

Ian Kerr

The son of

Eric Langmaid

Tim Longly

John Lyons

Brian McKenzie

John McLaughlin

The Malcolm McCarthy

Collection

Julian J Metcalfe

Alan Morley

Alan Nicholls

David Nichols

Jim Nicholson

John O'Keeffe

Doug Oliver

Joe Onofrio

Gerrard Parnham

Graham Perkins

 

Gerry Pickering

Colin Poland

John Pope

Port Talbot Historical Society

Eric Preedy

Dennis Reeves

John Rose

Paul Roper

Brian Russell

Allen Sadler

Brian Searle

Dave Smallshaw

George Smith

Vic Smith

Trevor Spindler

Raymond Stanford

Fred Stephen

Ron Stephen

Douglas Stewart

Neil Stone

Jack Sutton

Swansea Museum

(Royal Institution)

Roger Swindells

Val Tomasin

Paul Tunney MBE

Colin Young

Robert Derek Walmsley

Don Watson

Dave Weaver

Anthony West

Mike White

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Hugh Christison

The C&E Museum

Mike Hebden

Peter A Hopkins

John Joyes

Allan Mann

Graham Morris

Erric Preedy

Mike Smith

Paul TenBroeke

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The Automobile

Association

Conrad Broadley

Mark Bullen

The Burton Mail Ltd

Cowes & Isle of Wight

Customs History

English Heritage

Esso Ltd

Colin Holden

Ladybird Books Ltd

Lukman Sinclair

The National Library of Ireland

National Maritime Museum

Greenwich

The Office of Public Sector Information

(Crown copyright)

Shetland Museum and Archives

PETE - Pete Shea

Transport for London

Trinity Mirror plc

Vernon Hill  &

Brian Searle

Welcome to Ann's Page

The ‘Yachtsman’ Magazine

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Ted Alderson

Ronald Bann

Mark Barnard

Marguerite Carey

Chris Connor

Chris Kent

Ivor Davis

Terry Dennison

eBay

Ron Ellis

Bernadette Evans

Clive Fielding

Jo Fryer

Ian Godson

David Hehir

Roy Hendy

Ian Hodges

Steve Holden

Tony Holdstock

The Railway Preservation

Society of Ireland

Roy Longley

George McMillan

Allan Mann

Terry O'Mara

Eric Preedy

Paul Roper

Edward Sadler

Vic Smith

Ken Swadling

Roger Swindells

Dave Taylor

That Copy Shop

of Clevedon, Somerset

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My special thanks go to Mike Aubin for my APO training at the WTC in 1966 and later at the day release training given during my time at LAP, which together with the help, advice and instruction of countless POs 'on the job' gave me the 'background' information for this site.

 
     
     
 

I would also like to thank the many contributors to the 'world wide web' where I have gathered ideas and information.

 
     
     
 

    If I have unknowingly reproduced copyrighted material on this site without permission, I apologise unreservedly and ask the copywrite holder, or their agent, to contact me immediately.

 
     
     
 

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:::: home ::::

:::: history ::::

:::: offices & buildings ::::

:::: management structures ::::

:::: pay & conditions ::::

:::: recruitment ::::

:::: training ::::

:::: staffing & promotion ::::

:::: the people ::::


::: the work :::

::: uniforms :::

::: tools & equipment :::

 

::: stationery & stores :::

::: legislation & regulations :::

::: official instructions :::

::: photographs :::

::: anecdotes :::


:: search the site ::

:: how to contribute ::

:: site credits ::

 

:: help & FAQ's ::

:: recent additions ::

:: the customs journal ::

:: the bond ::

:: the history network ::

:: links ::

 

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This site was designed, and is maintained by Trevor Tomasin (ex APO - LAP) and dedicated to fond memories of my ' Waterguard' days.