One of the first of many visitors to be shown over Rother class lifeboat Silver Jubilee (below) was Clare Francis (right). On her tour of the show, after performing the opening ceremony, she called at the RNLI stand where Major-General Farrant introduced her to John Chapman. With them were Patrick Howarth, public relations officer RNLI (I.), and Francis Front (c.), President, Ship and Boat Builders National Federation, photographs by courtesy of Peter Hadfield.