Mr. John G. Francis, of Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent, was at R.N.L.I. Headquarters, London, on 15th May, 1969, presented with a lifeboatman statuette for his voluntary public relations work for the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society which he founded for the Institution in 1964. Here he is shown with his wife, who helps him to produce the quarterly newsletter, receiving the award from Mr. Patrick Howarth, the Institution's Public Relations Officer. Mr. Francis got the idea for the Society after he had visited Coverack, Cornwall, in 1956 where he met members of the local life-boat crew..