WILD weather over the last few days looked as if it would scupper plans to winch heroine Grace Darling's coble into the revamped museum which celebrates her legend. And it was a violent storm which ...

A NEW exhibition celebrates the 80th anniversary of a museum placing the focus on the life-saving heroine Grace Darling. Tribute to a Heroine: 80 Years of the RNLI Grace Darling Museum opened at the ...

It was around sunup on the morning of Sept. 7, 1838, that ”the Deed”-as it would be known forever after-was done. The previous night, a hapless luxury steamer, the Forfarshire, had been caught in a ...

A museum celebrating the life of a seafaring heroine has been awarded a lottery grant of almost £1m. The money will help preserve and display artefacts connected with the life of Grace Darling. The ...

Grace Darling rowed out to a shipwreck off the Farne Islands during a storm in 1838 and helped save 9 people from the foundered SS Forfarshire. Her signed letter, written in January 1840, is about a ...

The story of Grace Darling found favour in all walks of life. In November 1838, Queen Victoria herself wrote to Grace praising her conduct and awarded her £50 for her courageous actions. However, it ...