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This is Fred Johnston Sen, father of Capt Fred.
Fred Sen was Cox of the Longhope Lifeboat and earned a Bronze medel award for his leadership at the rescue from the "Oljaren"ashore on the Pentland Skerries.
I got to know Fred in his later life when he returned to Longhope after retiring from being a police man at Dounreay.
Fred was a straight talking no bloody nonsense man and left you in no doubt as to what he thought,just the way I like people to be.
Fred served in the Naval reserve during the war and returned to work at Lyness after hostilities ended, also like most Brims men he went to the fishing, his brother Bob was Engineer on the Lifeboat and they served together a number of years. Photo taken around 1950
Picture added on 01 April 2010 at 17:16
Many a good laugh we had with Fred and Alice when they lived down at Greenbank. We couldn't have wished for better neighbours.
Added by Beryl Simpson on 01 April 2010
this is my grandad & exactly as i remember him...used to love going to Longhope on my holidays as my kids now enjoy going "up north" to Caithness & Orkney....to visit their favourite great uncle Freddie & aunt Liz
Added by Donna Williams on 02 April 2010
Hi Donna I mind you as a peedie lass and your brother Richard and how you played wae Grandads dog Lucky,.Peedie Hughie Peterson saw Lucky engaged in a love scene wae a bitch fae along the road and said "Lucky is very lucky today!!"
Do you mind Grandad on his Vespa Scooter and how it wid take charge o him fae time tae time!!
Many a laugh him and Sammy Johnston had in that owld shed along at the face o the shore stocked way homebrew, I could go on all day about the yarns told by Fred, so proud tae have known him. Personality's like Fred arna aboot anymore.
Do you mind Grandad on his Vespa Scooter and how it wid take charge o him fae time tae time!!
Many a laugh him and Sammy Johnston had in that owld shed along at the face o the shore stocked way homebrew, I could go on all day about the yarns told by Fred, so proud tae have known him. Personality's like Fred arna aboot anymore.
Added by John Budge on 06 April 2010
Fred asked a couple of us tae gae him a hand tae take down a shed at Lyness. The shed had indeed been a carpenters shop close to the war grave cemetary where among other things the coffins for war dead were made, rather a poignant place. Anyway as we began the task of dismantling the building, which incidentally was screwed together with brass screws (no war shortage at Lyness!).
Now the man Fred bought the shed from kept on visiting us to offer all kinds of useles advice, one morning Fred had had enough of it, and said to him "Will you bu**er off, you are nothing but a damn pest!!" This was the Fred we all loved!!.
Now the man Fred bought the shed from kept on visiting us to offer all kinds of useles advice, one morning Fred had had enough of it, and said to him "Will you bu**er off, you are nothing but a damn pest!!" This was the Fred we all loved!!.
Added by John Budge on 09 April 2010
Hoy and Walls
