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Old friends of Toby West
Props to the end - Scott Gilchrist and Jonny Nance
Scott & Jonny visited Toby regularly and are seen here when leaving the Seven Stars Inn, Falmouth (Sept. 2001)
Team Victory shirts at St. Mawes Social Club (June 2001)
Toby, Peter Hylton and Fred Baker [courtesy of Scurvey Dog's daughter]
Diehards!
Smokey Penrose, Joe Grimshaw & Fred Baker, Toby's personal "cabbie"
Greenbank Hotel regulars.... there were many indeed!
Micky Googh has outlived Lional Martin and Boyo Carne, all drinking mates of Toby's at Greenbank Quayside Bar
Toby liked his Round Robin bets on the Gee Gee's, but, for Cynthia, this was more fun altogether.
Horse Racing corner at the Greenbank Hotel, normally occupied by Scottie, Alec and racing form gurus...
A new scene was enacted with Cynthia & Boyo jockeying for pole position [ images courtesy of Steve Smith ]
George Folkes, ex Landlord of the Seven Stars, Penryn, and former crew on Victory
George makes regular visits to Barrington's Seven-Stars and is seen here watching oystertermen at work,13 Oct. 2001, on Lindy Lou
Toby - the end of an era
which included....
Ken Williams (deceased) R.N.L.I. Branch Chairman
Ken and his wife, Ida, were staunch suporters of the R.N.L.I.
Ida can still make you laugh when recounting Toby's heydeys.
George Corke (deceased)
One of the best of the 'old school' of helmsmen Toby competed with
Ray Frost (deceased)
Waiting for a BBC day trip to Truro, Ray & Toby on Prince of Wales Pier
The late Boyo Carne and Barrington Bennetts in the Seven Stars Inn, Falmouth
Barrington enjoys banter from the boys; Boyo, Micky, Treveor, and so many more of Toby's friends..
John Pentecost, fisherman, Falmouth Waterman (former owner of the Motor Quay Punt Victory)
John & Toby go way back, and were, in many ways, birds of a feather, especially on the water.
As a boy,
"Toby would send me out on my own to trawl for skate on North Bank, with women queued up at his shop waiting"
Lowestoft fishing Skipper of the motor quay punt Victory Retired [AAC 1998]
John has had his own memorable events afloat, including preventing near certain disasters [see R.N.L.I.]