Spithead Review FOUH life-boats took part in the Coronation Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty the Queen at Spithead on the 15th of June, 1953. Two of the life-boats were the new Campbeltown and Flamborough boats, City of Glas- gow II and Friendly Forester. The other two, the former Margate life- boat The Lord Southborough, Civil Service No. 1 and the Ramsgate life- boat Prudential, both took part in the Dunkirk evacuation.

The life-boats were anchored off Gilkicker Point, and when Her Majesty- passed in H.M.S. Surprise the crews manned ship and gave three cheers.

Before the review the life-boats had cruised among the lines of warships and merchant ships. A signal was sent from Captain (D.) of one destroyer flotilla complimenting the life-boats on their smart appearance.

On the evening of the 15th of June the Minister of Transport, Mr. A. T.

Lennox-Boyd, who had been a guest of Mr. M. Arnet Robinson, a member of the Committee of Management, on board the S.S. Irish Coast, visited the Campbeltown life-boat.

Life-boats on the Thames The Southend-on-Sea life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 took part in the Royal River Pageant on the Thames on the 22nd of July.

The reserve life-boat Elizabeth Wills Allen, formerly stationed at Seaham, went up the Thames as far as Oxford and paid a number of visits during the Coronation fortnight. The life-boat remained at Oxford from the 23rd of May to the 27th of May and was seen by many visitors during Eights Week.

On the return journey she stayed at Reading, Henley, Maidenhead,Windsor and Kingston. The mayors and official parties in all these towns were taken in the life-boat for a trip on the river.

The local honorary secretaries and hon- orary workers made arrangements for collections at the river-side. On the 6th of June the life-boat took part in the Kingston river pageant and gave a display of a rescue by breeches buoy.

Exhibitions, Displays, Processions The Bridligton life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was shown at the Derby Coronation exhibition from the 29th of May to the 13th of June. A large scale map showing life-boat stations, which had been specially designed for the exhibition, attracted considerable interest.

The Plymouth life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse took part in a Coronation display in the Sound, in which a rescue was staged. Admiral Sir Maurice Mansergh, Commander in Chief, Plymouth, thanked the cox- swain and crew of the life-boat "for putting up such a good display." Many other branches and stations organised special activities in connec- tion with the Coronation. The Aberystwyth life-boat Aguila Wren took part in a Coronation regatta.

The Newhaven branch staged a Coronation pantomime. Coronation dances were held at Brierfield (Lanca- shire) and Kirkby Londsdale. A carnival was staged at Chelmsford.

In the London area the Burnt Oak and Edgware branch won the first prize in a Coronation procession with a decorated life-boat lorry, and deco- rated lorries took part in processions at Carshalton, Dagenham, Richmond and Kew, Stanmore and Woolwich.

The ladies' life-boat guild at Brid- lington organized a gala and staged exhibits in a parade which took place on Coronation Day, and the branch at Carnforth (Lancashire) also took part part in a Coronation parade. The crew of the Hoylake life-boat staged a float at the Coronation procession in Liverpool. A photograph of this is to be seen on page 607..