Cromer THE new 48-foot 6-inch Oakley life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed was named at Cromer on 2ist June, 1967. She was given to the R.N.L.I, and her replacement provided for in perpetuity by Mrs. R. M. Reed, of Eastbourne, in memory of her husband, Mr. A. E. Reed, of Stamford, Lincolnshire. Between now and 1969 10 of this type - two in wood and eight in steel - will be built for the life-boat service.

'GREAT TRADITION' Mrs. Reed, in the course of the naming ceremony, said: 'I know it will carry on the great tradition of the Cromer station.' Her interest in the life-boat service started in the early days when she and her husband went cruising. They had done a great deal for charity in many fields over the years, mostly in an anonymous way.

After the death of her husband Mrs. Reed decided to live at Eastbourne.

'And I happened to live very near to the life-boat station, so I see a lot of activity there. That made me think "This is something worthwhile". So, with what spare cash I have, I thought I would like to have a boat and Cromer happened to be next on the list,' said Mrs. Reed.

Mrs. Reed presented the boat to Commander H. F. P. Grenfell, D.S.C., R.N., a member of the Committee of Management and a vice president of the Institution, who accepted it on behalf of the Institution.

Accepting the £60,000 life-boat on behalf of the Cromer branch, Dr. Paul Barclay, the honorary secretary, said that the station was 'second to none'.

Mrs. Reed was presented with a bouquet by n year-old Theresa Lee, grand- daughter of Coxswain Henry 'Shrimp' Davies. Mrs. Reed later placed the bouquet on the grave of Henry Blogg, the Cromer life-boat hero. Gorleston THE naming ceremony and service of dedication of the 44-foot steel life-boat Khami took place at Gorleston on iyth May, 1967, when the donors, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Bedwell, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, were present, the actual naming being performed by Mrs. Bedwell. The Khami, bearing the number 44-003, is based on a design provided by the United States Coast Guard and is one of six of her type built for the R.N.L.I. by Brooke Marine Ltd. at Lowestoft.

RHODESIAN LINK Mr. and Mrs. Bedwell chose the name to commemorate a place where they spent many years in Rhodesia. The Bedwells lived there in the early years of their marriage and all their homes since have been named Khami. After Mrs. Bedwell had presented the new life-boat - it cost £43,000 - to the R.N.L.I., it was in turn given by Capt. the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., chairman of the Institution, to the Yarmouth and Gorleston branch.

Five men who had been coxswain of the retiring life-boat, the Louise Stephens, the Gorleston life-boat for 28 years, were present. They were William Parker, Bert Beavers, Paul Williment, George Mobbs and Percy Beavers. Newbiggin-by-the-Sea THE Viscountess Ridley of Blagdon named the new 37-foot Oakley life-boat Mary Joicey at a ceremony at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on loth June, 1967.

Provided out of a donation from the trustees of the estate of the late Mrs. Mary Joicey, of Sunningdale, Berkshire, this type of life-boat is now the stan- dard type for launching off a carriage from an open beach.

BIG CROWD The life-boat - it cost £37,000 - was presented by Mr. Alex Thompson on behalf of the Trust.

Field Marshal Sir Francis W. Testing, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., a member of the Committee of Management, accepted the life-boat on behalf of the Institution.

An estimated crowd of more than 3,000 people watched the ceremony..