Port Talbot RNLI receives generous gift from Iron Horse Society
On Saturday 27 August Port Talbot RNLI’s launch vehicle was joined by a cavalcade of vintage vehicles.
Glamorgan Iron Horse Vintage Society paid a visit to the station to present the volunteer crew with a pressure washer. This vital piece of kit will enable the crew to keep the RNLI launch vehicle, as well as the lifeboats, clean and in good working order.
The members of the Iron Horse Society brought many of their own vintage tractors as part of the visit.
Ron Jones is a launch vehicle driver at Port Talbot RNLI. He and the rest of the shore crew help to maintain the vital equipment used to launch and recover RNLI lifeboats.
Ron said;
‘We would like to thank the Glamorgan Iron Horse Vintage Society. As a charity we are entirely funded by public donations, and the generosity of gifts like this help us to carry on our lifesaving work. It was great to welcome them to our station, show them our own vital vehicles and see so many vintage one as well!’
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