Bagpipes and twirling tugs, a grand retirement send-off

  • Posted by Ian Ackerman
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  • 12 January, 2021

NEWCASTLE tug captain Stephen Monfries has retired after 47 years, and his colleagues gave him a send-off not to be forgotten.

After assisting his last vessel in the Port of Newcastle, other tugs in the port gathered to do doughnuts in a farewell performance.

There was even a bagpiper at the stern of one of the tugs.

 

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