Congratulations to Mike Rigby, secondary school science teacher, and Debbie, the head of the Isles of Scilly branch of Barclay’s Bank, who recently got married. They celebrated up at the Golf Club on Saturday 30 March.
Locals were saddened by the news of the Queen Mother’s death on Saturday. She has visited the Islands several times, shaking the hands of the locals: once arriving by helicopter, and once by the Royal Yacht Britannia.
On the Good Friday spring tides local tradition dictates Scillonians go and harvest molluscs and fish from below the neap-low tide mark. They harvest winkles from St Mary’s, cockels from St Marin’s and whistlers from St Agnes.
The first week of the Scillonian III sailings of 2002 saw the transfer of the Slippen to Penzance. She was moved on Monday 25 March and loaded in a lorry to be taken to Southampton. From there, she will be shipped to America.
The structure for the new Strand toilets is nearly complete. The toilets replace the old green eyesore which was demolished in the winter.