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Centenaries

Date: September 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 413

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Centenary vellums were presented to three life-boat stations in May and June.

At Poole, Dorset, the presentation ceremony took place at the life-boat house, Poole Quay, on 22nd May, the vellum being presented to the branch by Major-General R. H. Farrant, C.B., a member of the Committee of Management.

SEVENTH POOLE LIFE-BOAT The present life-boat, Bassett Green, is the seventh at Poole since the station was established in 1865. At the time of the centenary celebrations Poole had a record of 156 launches on service, and 194 lives rescued.

Shoreham Harbour station, Sussex, put on a big programme of events for their centenary celebrations, ranging from two coffee mornings to a Whitsuntide fete and - still to come at the time of going to press - a joint ball with the Worthing and Brighton branches at the Pier Pavilion, Worthing, on 29th October.

The centenary thanksgiving service was held in St. Mary's Church, Shoreham, and was conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. G. S. Froggatt. The Bishop of Lewes gave the address.

The centenary vellum was presented by Lady Egremont, President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Shoreham Harbour station at the time of the celebrations had a record of 333 launches on service, and 203 lives rescued. The present life-boat is the Dorothy and Philip Constant.

PETERHEAD At Peterhead, Scotland, on 26th June, The Lord Saltoun, M.C., a Vice- President of the Institution, Member of the Committee of Management, and former Convener of the Scottish Life-boat Council, presented the centenary vellum at a ceremony at Green Hill Quay. The Rev. W. J. Morris, B.D., Ph.D., Minister of the Old Parish Church, Peterhead, conducted the service of re-dedication.

The first life-boat to be stationed at Peterhead was The Peoples Journal No. i and was the gift of subscribers of "Dundee People's Journal." The present life-boat owes its origin to a legacy by Mrs. Park Barry, of Glasgow, and is named after her, Julia Park Barry of Glasgow. At the time of the centenary the station had a record of 332 launches on service and 944 lives saved..