Don't miss! Auction in aid of the Fish Mish this Friday at the Old Coastguard, Mousehole.

THE FISHERMEN'S MISSION AUCTION Friday, 2 November at The Old Coastguard, Mousehole.

We’re raising money for the Fishermen’s Mission in Newlyn and you can help. Join us at an auction of the photography of David Penprase and Chris Boulton that currently adorns our walls, an auction in which everything will sell. For an idea of the what’s on offer, have a look here. We’re also immensely lucky that two of our favourite artists, Penny Rumble and Martin Sadler have each donated a painting to be sold to help us raise more money. If you can join us to bid, drinks and canapés are from 4pm, with the auction run by Lay’s Auctioneers from 5.30pm. If you can’t make it and would like to leave a sealed bid, email us here for a bidding form.

Watch live! - The Blessing of the Fleet from Newlyn Fish Market

Take part live in the service tonight at 6.30pm.

£35,000 raised so far - that's a whole heap of salt!

Hot off the press!

Enough to fill a Newlyn pilchard press salt cellar - sales of 'Salt of the Earth', the book of the portraits of the people who make Newlyn the unique fishing port it is have now exceeded £35 thousand pounds for @thefishmish !

Newlyn Fish Festival's £10,000 donation to the Mission!

Julian Wearing and mission skipper Keith Dixon are all smiles as they receive a cheque for £10,000 raised by this year's Fish Festival from Kevin Bennett, chair of the @NewlynFish Festival.

Fishwives Choir gets a shout out Down Under!

Elisabeth Jackson on Australia's ABC Radio station gives the girls a shout out!

Seems word has reached the other side of the planet that the Fishwives Choir might just storm this year's coveted number one spot in the charts at Christmas as artists vie to see off the totally-fab ricated X Factor francheese. With all the proceeds of the record going to support the work of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen the success of the record will have double appeal for those that purchase and download a copy.  Sadly, even now officers at the Mission in Newlyn are on call to provide support as the UK's most dangerous occupation claimed another casualty last week with the loss of a fisherman off Cadgwith on the Lizard.

Many of the wives in the choir have lost loved ones - and all have been directly associated with fishing lives lost at sea.

Take note, in order to contribute to the Christmas Chart sales, downloading copies of the song should not take place before December the 15th.

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