Last year marked the centenary of the loss of Margate rescue surf boat Friend to all nations along with nine of her crew. The surfboat was operated by a group of local boatmen in tandem with the RNLI lifeboat - generally the same men would crew both boats.

The centenary was marked recently by several events including a local parade and church service - and while doing some research into the disaster, Margate lifeboat crew came across a photo of the old RNLI lifeboat Quiver No. 1, taken the very same year.

They hit on the idea of recreating the scene 100 years later to mark the centenary, and as you can see the background has changed very little, unlike the boat and launching animals!.