When the Mayor of Poole, Councillor J. M. Norman, performed the opening ceremony of the RNLI depot at Poole on May 27, the Institution was also entertaining visitors from La Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer. (I. to r.) John Atterton, Admiral Picard- Destelan and (hidden) Madame Denise Merlin from France, Mrs Norman, I. K. D. Andrews, Poole Town Clerk, Captain Nigel Dixon, Director RNLI, Councillor Norman, Major- General Ralph Farrant, Chairman RNLI, Mrs Farrant and Commander David Wilford, superintendent of depot. General Farrant spoke of the traditional dedication and the fine, justly earned, reputation enjoyed by the depot staff..