Minehead: A new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided from funds raised by beaconsjield Round Table in memory of Keith R. Drysdale, was handed over to the RNLI on Saturday September 17.

1983, b Beaconsfield chairman, Mr Keith Favell. She was received on behalf of the Institution bv Captain A. G. McCrum, a member of the Committee of Management, and then handed into the care of Minehead lifeboat station. After she had been accepted by Minehead station honorary secretary, Mr G. N. Durman, seen addressing the gathering, a service of dedication was conducted bv the Reverend Michael Thayer, Assistant Curate of the Parish of Minehead..