Local councillors have suggested funding an interpretation board outside Tenby’s lifeboat station to explain the story of ‘Sandy’ the unique wood carving of a lifeboat man which pays tribute to the RNLI.

‘Sandy’ the creation of international artist Robert Raschke who came to be after his wife Helen found a big trunk of an Ash tree on the Paragon beach in Tenby on a stormy September day in 2018, now sits outside the town’s RNLI station after being unveiled last month.

After Robert examined the tree, he found that the forms and the drawings of the bark reminded him of faces, beards and different figures, which made a click in his brain, and an idea was born to create an old lifeboat man - a Coxswain from the 19th Century, with Southwester rain hat, beard, big hands holding binoculars, a cork life vest, growing out of a mighty piece of Ash tree.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, Deputy Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown suggested writing to the sculptor to tell him that they thought it was a lovely peace of work for the RNLI and Tenby in general, especially with the back story of how the creation came about and what it stood for.

Her colleague Clr. Laurence Blackhall said it would be nice if the town council could fund a small interpretation board explaining Sandy’s story.