Two sisters have collected a plank signed by their late father in 1967 who helped maintain the Queen’s Pier in Ramsey.

Susan Beattie and Carol Hitchen collected the piece of wood with ’R Corkish’ written on it after it had been removed from bay two as part of the pier restoration works.

Robert Corkish was born in the old lifeboat house in Ramsey and was the youngest of 12 children. He was part of the Harbour Board that carried out maintenance work on the pier. He died in 1990.

Susan, from Bride, said: ’It was really nice to get it back. When the Queen’s Pier Restoration Trust posted that a plank with "R Corkish" had been removed, I thought "Oh! That’s my dad!" and that it’d be nice to get it back.

’He would go out in the winter working right at the end with the rain and wind. My sister, brother and I used to go out and have a natter when he stopped for lunch.’

The plank is now resting in Susan’s garden. She is considering whether it should be made into a bench.

Their grandfather, Harry Corkish, was the coxswain of Ramsey lifeboat who was buried in old Maughold Churchyard. Despite their searches they cannot find any records of where the grave is and are asking for information.

The QPRT has two remaining planks with initials WS and AP and would like to know who they belong to.