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List of Forthcoming Life-Boat Days

THE following lists show the of Life-boat Days in the various districts, and also those places where Life-boat Days have been arranged but the dates have not yet been definitely fixed owing to the uncertainty caused by the present industrial conditions.

All dates are subject to alterations :— dates Aug. 20. Clevedon, Penzance.

„ 27. Freshwater, Newport (I.W.). Sidmouth, Toiland Bay, Yarmouth (I.W.).

Sept. 3. Bath.

,, 10. Bournemouth.

Oct. 15. Oxford.

LONDON June 4. Kingston, Richmond, Sheen, Surbiton, and Wimbledon.

Oct. 18. Battersea, Bermondsey, Chiswick, Deptford, Dulwich, Edgware, Hackney, Harrow, Holborn, Lambeth, St. Pancras, Southwark, and Wandsworth.

SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND.

May 6-7. Swiudon.

„ 7. Trowbridge.

„ 19. Dorchester.

„ 25. Banbury.

„ %8. Reading, Southampton.

June 8. Winchester.

„ 11. Plymouth, Taunton.

July 8. Exeter.

,, 16. Weston-super-Mare.

„ 20. Truro.

Aug. 3. Exmouth.

„ 6. Bembridge, Cowes, Ryde, St. Helens (I.W.), Sandown, Shanklin, Swanage, Ventnor.

,, 13. Portsmouth.

„ 16. Lyme Regis.

„ 18. Bude.

Life-boat Days will also be held at:— Andover, Barnstaple, Bodmin, Bradfordon- Avon, Bridgwater, Bridport, Brixham, Budleigh Salterton, Burnham, Camborne, Chard, Chippeuham, Crediton, Dartmouth, Dawlish, Devizes, Eastleigh, Falmouth, Fareham, Fordingbridge, Fowey, Qlastonbury, Gosport, Hayling Island, Ilfracombe, Looe, Lymington, Lynton and Lynmouth, Minehead, Newbury, Newquay, Newton Abbot, Paignton, Penrhyn, Port Isaac, Portland, Ringwood, Romsey, St. Austell, St. Ives, Salcombe, Salisbury, ScilZy Isles, Seaton, Shaftesbury, Teignmouth, Tiverton, Torquay, Wareham, Warminster, Watehet, Wellington, Wells, Weymonth, Wilton, Yeovil.

Life-boat Days have already been held at Basingstoke, Blandford, Frome, Melksham, Sherborne.

SOUTH-EAST OF ENGLAND.

May 10. King's Lynn.

„ 14. Seaford, Tunbridge Wells.

„ 21. Dover.

„ 26. Ely.

„ 28. Colchester.

June 8. Bury St. Edmunds.

,, 14. Ipswich.June 23. Lewes.

25. Maidenhead.

28. Wisbeoh. j 29. Halstead. i July 2. Brighton and Hove.

16. Norwich. 21. Lowestoft.

23. Gravesend. ! 30. Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Tonbridge.

Aug. 1. Southwold.

,, 13. Bognor.

„ 20. Bexhill-on-Sea. ; ,, 25. Cromer.

„ 27. Southend and Leigh-on-Sea.

Sept. 2. Chelmsford.

„ 17. Guildford. j Life-boat Days will also be held at:— j Aldeburgh, Aylesbury, Brancaster, Deal, Diss, Eastbourne, Farnham, Felixstowe, Folke- I stone, Harwich, Hastings, Herne Bay, Leiston, Lydd, Margate, Ramsgate, Rochester, Rochford and District, St. Ives, Selsey, Sndbury, Walton - on - the -Naze, Westgate-on-sea, Worthing. ! ; MIDLANDS.

May 7. Grantham, Nottingham.

„ 11. Cleobury Mortimer.

„ 14. Bridgnorth, Droitwich, „ 17. Spalding.

June 4. Loughborough, Stourbridge.

„ 10-11. Lincoln.

„ 11. Peterborough.

„ 18. Burton, Coventry, Gloucester.

,, 25. Smethwick.

July 9. Birmingham.

,, 16. Worcester.

„ 23. Bedworth, Derby, Retford.

,, 27. Oswestry.

Aug. 1. Ludlow.

„ 6. Mablethorpe, Stratford-on-Avon.

„ 15. Skegness.

„ 20. Northampton.

„ 27. West Bromwich.

Sept. 5. Sleaford.

,, 7. Boston.

„ 10. Walsall, Weedon (Northampton).

,, 17. Tamworth.

,, 24. Grimsby, Stone.

,, 30. Stamford.

Life-boat Days will also be held at:— Cheltenham, Chesterfield, Cradley Heath, Dudley, Evesham, Halesowen, Henley-in- Arden, Ilkeston, Leicester, Louth, Mansfield, Newcastle (Staffs.), Worksop, Wol verhampton.

Life-boat Davs have already been held at Bromsgrove, Hereford, Much Wenlock, Redditch.

WALES.

(Midland District.) May 9. Lampeter.

,, 20. Pembroke Dock.

June 2, 3, 4. Cardiff.

4. Neath.

July 4. Newport (Mon.).

16. Merthyr Tydfil.

27. Llanwrtyd Wells.

30. Bortb (Aberystwith).

Aug. 1. Aberystwith.

3. Aberdovey.

4. Barmouth.

8. Llandrindod Wells.

11. Newquay.

Sept. 3. Swansea.

Life-boat Days will also be held at:— Milford Haven, Pontypool, Pontypridd.

A Life-boat Day has already been held at Chepstow.

(Northern District) Life-boat Days will also be held at :— Colwyn Bay and Llandudno.

IRELAND.

June 23-24. Dublin.

Aug. 18. Bray, Howth, Kingstown, Skerries.

A Life-boat Day has already ))een held at Belfast.

I NORTH OF ENGLAND.

May 7. Leeds.

„ 28. Rotherham.

June 4. Elland, South Shields.

„ 10-11. Manchester.

„ 11. Bradford, Dewsbury, Southport.

July 15-16. Stoekport.

„ 23. Goole, Huddersfield, Preston, HKMfleld.

Aug. 3. Peel.

,, G. St. Annes.

,, 13. Filey.

„ 19. Fleet wood.

Sept. 3. Blackpool.

„ 10. Harrogate, Middleton, Sunderland.

Life-boat Days will also be held at:— Batley, Bury, Castletown, Douglas, Keighley, i Lytham, Port Erin, Port St. Mary, Ramsey, Scarborough, Wigan.

SCOTLAND.

June 4. Edinburgh, Grangemouth, Greeuock and Port Glasgow.

„ 11. Glasgow and District.

,, 25. Kirkintilloch, Motherwell, Rothesay.

July 9. Gourock.

,, 16. Girvan, Perth and County, Stranraer.

Aug. 20. Arbroath.

Sept. 3. Ayr and District, Dunfermline.

„ 17. Coatbridge.

Oct. 8. Paisley.

Life-boat Days will also be held at:— Aberdeen, Alva, Barrhead, Bathgate, Burntisland, Carluke, Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dundee, Dunoon, Elgin, Falkirk, Hamilton, Helensburgh, Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Oban, Renfrew. Stirling, Tillicoultry, Troon, Wishaw..