OPEN DAY at lifeboat station
Shoreham Lifeboat Society is hosting a mini open day for the second year running on Easter Saturday (30 March) at the Shoreham Lifeboat Station.
The society is the fund-raising arm of the lifeboat station and has put on a host of activities from 10am to 4pm.
There is a chance to tour the lifeboat station on Kingston Beach, see the inshore and all weather lifeboats, have a go on the tombola stall, do an Easter egg hunt, look at the model lifeboats on display or try some of the refreshments.
The lifeboat station souvenir shop will be open and Captain
Jack Sparrow lookalike will be there. All proceeds go to RNLI Shoreham.
Shoreham
Lifeboat President Lady Mary Mumford presents
lifeboat mechanic Mark Blatcher with his RNLI 20 year
service badge awarded in 2012
lifeboat mechanic Mark Blatcher with his RNLI 20 year
service badge awarded in 2012
Shoreham
Lifeboat President Lady Mary Mumford presents
former Shoreham lifeboat crew member Mike Fox with his
RNLI 40 year service badge awarded in 2012. Mike is now a shore crew member at the lifeboat station.
former Shoreham lifeboat crew member Mike Fox with his
RNLI 40 year service badge awarded in 2012. Mike is now a shore crew member at the lifeboat station.
New lifeboat model goes on display
at RNLI Shoreham Lifeboat Station
The Southern Model Lifeboat Society has presented Shoreham lifeboat crew with a replica model of their old lifeboat – the Tyne class Hermione Lady Colwyn.
Member Reg Woodcock donated the model and it was painstakingly created and restored by fellow member Tony Olliff. The model is now on show at Shoreham lifeboat station.
The Tyne class lifeboat was at Shoreham for 20 years from 1990 to 2010 before the new Tamar class lifeboat Enid Collett arrived on station.
The Society has been in existence for 24 years and has helped raised thousands of pounds for the RNLI by collecting donations at the exhibitions they attend with their model lifeboats and displays.
Shoreham lifeboat coxswain Steve Smith said: ‘The model is fantastic and has pride of place in our display cabinets in the entrance of the lifeboat station. We would like to thank the Southern Model Lifeboat Society for all their support.’
You can see the model at the lifeboat station on Kingston Beach, which is open Monday to Friday 10am to 2pm and at weekends from 10am to 4pm.
The Society will also be at the station’s annual open day on Sunday 30 June with a display of their models.
Photo
1: Reg and Tony presenting the model to Shoreham lifeboat crew.
Photo 2. The replica model of the Shoreham lifeboat.
Photo 2. The replica model of the Shoreham lifeboat.