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Lymington Took Just One Month to Raise £760 to Pay for a Pair of Propellers for the New Arun Lifeboat Being Built for Yarmouth Isle of Wight on December 14 Two Cheques

Lymington took just one month to raise £760 to pay for a pair of propellers for the new Arun lifeboat being built for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. On December 14, two cheques, each for £380, one from the branch and one from the ladies' guild, were taken to Yarmouth in the yacht Anahita III, owned by Derek Hobson, chairman of Lymington branch (extreme left). With him as his crew sailed officers of branch and guild (I. to r.) Wing- Commander Alan Roxburgh, Mrs Helen Tew, Bernard Foxen, Mrs Joan Fradd, Rex Reddrop, Mrs Sheila Veal, Mrs Ann Hornsby and Hugo Walford..

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