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Falmouth (Below): the Warm Sunny July Weather Gave Way to Blustery Winds and An Overcast Sky for the Annual Falmouth Lifeboat Service at Custom House Quay on the Evening Of

Falmouth (below): The warm, sunny July weather gave way to blustery winds and an overcast sky for the annual Falmouth lifeboat service at Custom House Quay on the evening of Sunday July 31.

Three hundred people gathered on the quay for the service and afterwards made their way to North Quay where, after a short service of dedication. Viscount Falmouth, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and patron of Falmouth branch, unveiled a small slate plaque recording the opening of the new boathouse which had been funded by a local appeal; nearly £21,000 has already been raised..

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