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Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust

  On Saturday 16th September 2017 Pilot Tony Anderton gave an illustrated talk to the Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust members at the Queenswood Hotel in Weston super Mare. The Trust looks after the island of Steepholm, which is just off Weston in the Bristol Channel. The talk covered Bristol Channel pilot’s history, a day in the…

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Historic Pilot Gig Race

Pilot Gig Race Photo 2- Bristol Pilots

On the 31st May 2017 an historic race was held from Pill on the Avon out to King road, at a position just north of Avonmouth. The race was organised by the Clevedon Pilot gig club, assisted by Bristol pilots. The plan was to recreate a pilot race out to a ship that required a…

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