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The Never Turn Back is a grade II listed public house in Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England.It was designed by A. W. Ecclestone in the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles and built in 1956 (opening the following year) as a memorial to the nine lifeboatmen who died in the Caister lifeboat disaster of 1901.
This response was translated by journalists to become the famous phrase "Caister men never turn back"; "Never Turn Back" was later to become a motto of the RNLI. A monument to the men lost in the disaster bearing this inscription stands in the cemetery at Caister and the pub nearest to the lifeboat shed is named the "Never Turn Back".
Going back is against the rules when we see distress signals like that". [3] A monument to the men lost in the disaster bearing the inscription "Caister men never turn back" stands in the village cemetery, unveiled in 1903 and was listed Grade II by Historic England in 2020. [4] [5] A pub called the "Never Turn Back" is named after the incident.
His designs include the Clipper Schooner (1938) in Great Yarmouth [4] with a decorative tiled panel showing a sailing ship that the Tile Gazetteer described as typical of Ecclestone's practice in his modern pub designs; [5] the Iron Duke in Yarmouth (late 1930s, completed 1948); and the Never Turn Back in Caister-on-Sea (1957) which he designed ...
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In 1969, after 124 years service, Caister RNLI station was closed. [1] Caister held the record for the most lives saved by any lifeboat station in the British Isles, and there was a public outcry. Caister Volunteer Rescue Service (CVRS) was formed, and took over on the same day as the RNLI withdrew. The service still operates today. [11]
Never Turn Back pub, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, 1956 former Odeon Cinema , Dudley, West Midlands, 1937 former Odeon Cinema, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
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