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Grace Darling |
14 October 2004 |
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 Why is the lifeboat heroine still remembered today?
A 22- year-old Victorian is the top woman in a vote to find Northumberland's favourite personality.
Grace Darling,who rowed with her father from the Longstone lighthouse in the Farne Islands to save nine shipwrecked passengers and crew, became a national heroine in 1838 .
Jenni discusses with historian Jill Paton Walsh and Northumbrian Katrina Porteous why the legend of Grace Darling has endured.
The Grace Darling Museum
Local Legends
RNLI
Woman's Hour Timeline
Victorian heroine's medal sold
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