Left: villagers and guests from all over Cumbria attending the service of dedication of the new St Bees 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat on Saturday October 26, 1985. The lifeboat was paid for out of the bequest of the late Mrs Peggy Patria Clowes in her memory and that of her husband Frank. The lifeboat was officially handed over by David Jones, regional organiser, north west, to Captain Leon Goldwater, honorary secretary of St Bees lifeboat station, and was blessed by the Reverend Philip Bryan, vicar of St Bees. photograph by courtesy of Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd.