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1838: The true story of Grace Darling
Grace Darling: The Heroine of the Farne Islands
Why a Booktrail?
1838: The true story of Grace Darling
What you need to know before your trail
In 1838 a young woman named Grace Darling helped her lighthouse keeper father to save a group of people who had been shipwrecked on the rocks in a storm.
She sailed in a small boat from Bamburgh all the way out to the Farne Islands – quite a way for a young girl in a rowing boat.
With no thought of her own safety she risked life and limb to save those of others.
Travel Guide
Grace Darling
Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) was an English lighthouse keeper’s daughter,who is now famous for having rowed a boat out to the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838. She wanted to see if she could help rescue them.
The boat ran aground on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland in northeast England; nine members of her crew were saved.
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A) Bamburgh - Grace Darling Museum
A) Bamburgh - Grace Darling Museum
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Grace Darling: The Heroine of the Farne Islands
Author/Guide: Christine Bell Destination: Bamburgh, Farne Islands Departure Time: 1838
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