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Originally Posted by hollydog
and did the Coastguards work with Customs as I have Chief Boatman to the Coastguard relatives from Craster to Alnmouth then Amble 1850s to 70s
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I don't know about the relationship between coastguards and customs. One of my other Warkworth ancestors went to live in North Shields and was, for a time, a tide waiter. These were definitely customs officials. Ships would stand off waiting for the tide to allow them into port. The tide waiters would row out to the ships and inspect them to see what duty needed to be paid. We're talking here about 1840s and 1850s. On his marriage certificate he is a tide waiter for HM Customs.