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Sea Views with Gerry Hughes
I am Gerry Hughes, a retired school teacher from Glasgow. I love sailing and am also the first Deaf yachtsman to sail solo round the world via the Five Great Capes What was your first experience of working? I really struggled to get a job when I left school. I applied to train as a…
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Sir Michael Morpurgo, storymaker
Who are you? Sir Michael Morpurgo, storymaker. What was your first experience of working? I was in the army for a year in 1963 2hen I was 19. So that was my first paid job. What is your earliest memory of being on or close to the sea? Bournemouth on my first family holiday when…
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Interview with Shirley Robertson
Who are you? My names Shirley Robertson, I’m Scottish, I have 2 gold medals, 2 children, I work in TV. I’m passionate about all things boaty. What was your first experience of working? Selling jeans!! Hated it, became a sailing instructor after that so I could workin in the holidays. What is your earliest memory…
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Mike Bullock Sea Views
Who are you My name is Mike Bullock. I joined the Royal Navy straight from school when I was 18 and worked in a submarine as well as surface ships including an aircraft carrier. My naval career took me across the world and I even worked in the United States for six years. I am…
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Interview With Lisa Månsson
Who are you? I am the museum director of the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, the world’s most visited maritime museum. I am also a keen sailor since I was very young. What was your first experience of working? When I was a student my summer job was as a lockkeeper at Göta Canal. The Göta…
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Geraldine McCaughrean’s Sea Views
Who are you? Geraldine McCaughrean – writer since I was eight, published since I was 28. What was your first experience of working? I delivered newspapers very early in the morning, every day. It paid 15 shilling (75p) a week, which meant I could ride a horse for an hour on Sundays. All the other…
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About us
Founded in 2010, the Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation is a registered charity.
We care deeply about propelling 10 to 12 year old children – at school in areas of acute social and economic disadvantage – into their critical teenage years with an unforgettable experience of sailing, enterprise and achievement.
At the heart of Buoyed Up is a narrative about the life and example of Sir Thomas Lipton.