The Plaque

The story behind the mountain rescue plaque......(as told to me so I hope this is right!)

A long long time ago

in a galaxy

far far

away

....sorry that's another story....

Back in the 70's(ish) there were "rescue posts" around the country, the equipment supplied by regional or local groups as well as the Coastguard and the Police.

Back then rescues were coordinated by both the Police and Coastguard and as time went on the Police handed over the rescues to the Coastguard, at Anvil Point there was one such "rescue post" and when the Police handed over responsibility the "post" was transferred down to the Coastguard station at Peveril Point.

The benefits of these posts were that some equipment was supplied by the regional mountain rescue organisation and for many years the Swanage team were supplied a stretcher until the Coastguard supplied a stretcher in the 1990's. We are not allowed to have equipment supplied by an out side organisation anymore but we still maintain links with our Regional Mountain Rescue association as its a useful forum to share information. When we moved we transferred the plaque (having cleaned it up 1st) and are proud of its history and our links to other units.