Ian Clenahan
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To see whether there's any reports of any fishermen being lost at sea.
To see whether there's any reports of any fishermen being lost at sea.
Everything was coming to a dead end, really.
Everything was coming to a dead end, really.
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, isn't it? You're trying to find one name.
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, isn't it? You're trying to find one name.
It's unusual if we don't identify them. There's not many that go unidentified. We were fairly close to just saying, well, we can't. So let's just like make arrangements for the body to be cremated or buried or whatever they were going to do with it as an unknown person.
It's unusual if we don't identify them. There's not many that go unidentified. We were fairly close to just saying, well, we can't. So let's just like make arrangements for the body to be cremated or buried or whatever they were going to do with it as an unknown person.
I was making a cup of tea, and I can always remember it, and the kettle was there next to a desk. My phone rings, and you've got one of those phones where you can star-star-zero to pick up a phone that's ringing, and it was him. And he started to talk to me.
I was making a cup of tea, and I can always remember it, and the kettle was there next to a desk. My phone rings, and you've got one of those phones where you can star-star-zero to pick up a phone that's ringing, and it was him. And he started to talk to me.
I mean, you know, he was a mate. He was a really good friend of his.
I mean, you know, he was a mate. He was a really good friend of his.
So I grabbed a piece of paper that was nearby and I couldn't even find a pen. So I grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil and I started writing what he told me.
So I grabbed a piece of paper that was nearby and I couldn't even find a pen. So I grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil and I started writing what he told me.
I can always remember Exhibit IDC7 was that piece of paper.
I can always remember Exhibit IDC7 was that piece of paper.
He said to me that Ron had left England to travel to France to start up a TV repair business in France.
He said to me that Ron had left England to travel to France to start up a TV repair business in France.
He was a successful American businessman who had a lot of money and his mate Ron didn't have much at all. I mean, we weren't talking about a lot of money. I've got two and a half thousand pound in my head, which is a nice sum of money, I suppose. But it's not a world-shattering, life-changing sum of money.
He was a successful American businessman who had a lot of money and his mate Ron didn't have much at all. I mean, we weren't talking about a lot of money. I've got two and a half thousand pound in my head, which is a nice sum of money, I suppose. But it's not a world-shattering, life-changing sum of money.