The RNLI 200TH Anniversary Scroll arrives at Seahouses
The RNLI 200TH Anniversary Scroll arrives at Seahouses
Lifeboats News Release
Volunteers at Seahouses RNLI Lifeboat Station added their signatures to the RNLI 200th Anniversary Scroll, which is touring all lifeboat stations, lifeguarding units branches throughout the UK and Ireland.
RNLI/Ian Clayton
Susan Calvert Fund Raising Treasurer, signing the Scroll
The scroll arrived on Friday 14 June and saw crew member Thomas Malcolm run in lifeboat kit, leading the station's Landrover as it escorted the electric Ford Transit van carrying the scroll, down Seahouses Main Street to the lifeboat station.
A table was set up at the front of the station, while the Village Voices Choir provided a live musical backdrop. The Scroll arrived in an orange case made of the material used in lifeboat construction. The scroll is wound onto two spindles made from an antique lifeboat station flagpole.
At Seahouses, the scroll was signed by Volunteer Shop Manager Irene Clayton, Fund Raising Treasurer Susan Calvert, Water Safety Volunteer Iain Saunders, and Crew Member Thomas Malcolm.
On conclusion of the ceremony, the scroll left for its next venues: The Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh, and Berwick Lifeboat Station, before starting its tour of Scottish RNLI venues.
Volunteer Press Officer at Seahouses, Ian Clayton said: ‘A proud day for Seahouses as we added our signatures to this historic document, marking the RNLI’s 200 years of saving lives at sea’.
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.