f~~ _ _. A. _ „ A. Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth 3 Summary of Accounts for 1977 4 Volume XLVI Lifeboat Semces 5 N IYlber 464 Inshore Lifeboats: dedication ceremonies at Abersoch, Port Isaac and St Ives 13 Matthew Lethbridge, Jnr, BEM: coxswain of St Mary's lifeboat, by Joan Davies 14 Chairman: MAJOR-GENERAL R. H. FARRANT, CB Across a Crowded Room: thoughts on the annual presentation of awards for gallantry, by Alan Neal 17 Director and Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, OBE, RN . . . „... , j o» r i- i-r L. A Corner in Cumbria: Workington, Silloth and St Bees, three lifeboat stations on the Solway Firth and its southern approaches 20 Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part VIII—Ballast Keel 24 Managing Editor: PATRICK HOWARTH Shoreline 25 Edltor: Some Ways of Raising Money 26 JOAN DAVIES Letters 30 Headquarters: Royal National Life-boat Institution, Lifeboat People 31 West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ (Telephone Poole 71133). Offshore Lifeboat Services, December 1977, January and February 1978 . 34 Inshore Lifeboat Services, December 1977, January and February 1978 . . 34 London Office: Royal National Life-boat Institution, 21 Ebury Street, London SW1W OLD (Telephone 01-730 0031)..