Booklet "In the beginning; Holy Island Lifeboats 1802-1900"

Cover of Holy Island Lifeboats Booklet 1

Covers the establishment of the first lifeboat on the Island, and subsequent boats ‘Grace Darling I’; ‘Bombay’; ‘Grace Darling II’; ‘Bedford’ and ‘Lizzie Porter’. Also information on station buildings and notable rescues of the ‘Thomas Jackson’; ‘John & Jessy’; ‘Isabella’; ‘Britannia’; ‘Flora Ross’; ‘Annie Stewart’ and ‘Sailor Prince’. Mentions lifeboatmen involved from local families including Wilson, Allen, Rankin, Cromarty, Beadnell, Markwell, Kyle and Shell.