Long standing Fleetwood club member Fred Baker passed away on Wed 30th April after a long illness.

 

Fred grew up in Fleetwood and worked as foreman engineer for the trawler repair company  James Robertson. When the trawling industry closed in Fleetwood Fred set up a small workshop repairing cars etc.   In the 1990’s when the old wooden flagpole had rotted away and it looked like the club would not have one, I got a metal street lamp tube and Fred welded parts to it to make a new one. 

Fred joined the club in the 1970’s with the newly formed scale section, and was very interested in building trawlers and warships.  Later he became interested in scale sailing models and built several in his shed in his garden. 

In his younger fitter days Fred also joined in with the racing yachts, owning both a Mustang & a Laser, but after a while they became too fast for his legs, so he reverted to the more sedate schooners!!

In addition to his shed Fred had a metal workshop with all the equipment needed for model engineering, and was able to help members make metal parts for their models.

Fred helped the club by holding the position as Bosun for several years looking after the structure and managing the berths, lockers, and doorkeys.

 

Fred’s funeral will be at Carleton Crematorium on Friday 23 May at 11.00 am