Weston-super-Mare: The lifeboat people of Weston-super-Mare met at Knightstone Causeway on Saturday August 13 for the naming ceremony of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat funded by an appeal launched to mark the centenary of Weston-super- Mare station in 1982. The new lifeboat was handed over to the RNLl by Terry Clapp, appeal organiser, accepted by Raymond Cory, a member of the Committee of Management, and received on behalf of the station by the honorary secretary, John Williams.

After a service of dedication conducted by the Reverend Prebendary J. T. Hayward, honorary chaplain of Weston-super-Mare lifeboat station, the Atlantic 21 was named Weston Centenary by Sir John Wills, BT TD, Lord Lieutenant of Avon. At a buffet lunch which followed at Weston Bay Yacht Club, Sir John Wills presented Mrs Jo Allam with her BEM awarded in the Birthday Honours List for services to the RNLI.

photograph by courtesy of Weston Mercury.