A NEW inn at Caister, Norfolk, is to be named "Never Turn Back." This name commemorates a disaster and one of the most memorable sayings in the history of the Life-boat Service.

The disaster occurred on the 13th of November, 1901, when the Caister no.

2 life-boat Beauchamp capsized and nine of her crew lost their lives. The former second coxswain, James Hay- lett. who was 78 years old, had two sons, a son-in-law and two grandsons in the boat. He was one of the first to learn of the disaster and dashed into the surf. At great personal risk he succeeded in saving the lives of his son-in-law, Charles Knights, and his grandson, Walter Haylett. For this service he was awarded the gold medal of the Institution.

During the inquest on the bodies of the nine men who were lost James Haylett was asked whether he thought the life-boat might have been return- ing to the shore after abandoning the mission on which she had gone out.

To this Haylett replied in words which almost overnight became famous in several continents: "Caister life-boat- men never turn back." The Life-boat Hotel at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, has recently been re- decorated by the owners, Ind Coope and Allsopp Ltd., with nautical fea- tures and with particular emphasis on the history of the Life-boat Service.

There is a coxswain's cabin decorated with historical photographs and two bars called the Poop and the Deck- house. The hotel was formally re- opened on the 23rd May, 1956, and the owners have agreed to make regu- lar collections for the Institution..