Tenby, May 17, 1986: meteorological records showed Tenby to be the wettest place in the country on the day the station's new D class inflatable lifeboat was handed over and dedicated. This did nothing to dampen the spirits of sisters Sheila and Moira Barrie (r and 2nd r) who gave the boat, Charlie B., in memory of a much loved dog. Mr. Raymond Cory (3rd r), a deputy chairman of the RNLI, was at the ceremony, officially to accept the lifeboat from the Misses Barrie and to place her in the care of Mr Eric Bancroft (with umbrella), honorary secretary of Tenby lifeboat station. The lifeboat is the first of the new Avon type D class to go on station, photograph by courtesy of Western Mail and Echo.