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Last Wednesday we said goodbye to a friend and former colleague Terry Russell

April 7, 2019

Last Wednesday we said goodbye to a friend and former colleague Terry Russell. Terry served as a pilot from 1952 to 1988 having served as an apprentice during the war years. Terry played a big part in the major reorganisation of pilotage in the 1980s as well as being involved with the inception of the…

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£1420 raised for Portbury Seaman’s Centre

June 12, 2018

On Friday 8th June 2018 Bristol Pilot Tony Anderton presented a cheque to Portbury Seafarer’s Centre for £1420, which was raised in the raffle and auction on the last day of the UKMPA conference.

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