History
The Old Lifeboat House Lytham St. Annes is part of the towns history, dating back to 1881. Below are a number of photographs which document its uses throughout the years.
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- St.Annes Lifeboat the LAURA JANET on the Eastbank Road slade (1885).
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- The Lifeboat Crew in the 1920s with Coxswain Harry Melling centre back with peak cap.
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- The St.Annes No 1 Lifeboat NORA ROYDS (January 1887 to November 1908) with her crew on board and the crew of the No 2 Lifeboat standing in front.
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- Thomas Henry Rimmer outside St.Annes Lifeboat Station with the crew of the Nora Royds.
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- 1898
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- The Lifeboat crew in 1908
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- The NORA ROYDS in front of the Lifeboat House before East Bank Road was tarmaked. Sir Charles Macara. Founder of the “Lifeboat Saturday” movement stands to the right hand side of the wheel. Date?
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- The LAURA JANET at the opening of St.Annes Pier on the 15th June 1885
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- St.Annes first Lifeboat the LAURA JANET in front of her boathouse. She was on station from September 1881 to January 1887 but sadly capsized on service on the 9th/10th December 1886 with the loss of her entire crew of 13 while going to the assistance of the Barque MEXICO.
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- The JAMES SCARLETT remained as an exhibition boat after the station closed in 1925 until she was sold for conversion to a fishing boat om October 1928. She had to be moved by road to Lytham where she was launched then went through the canal system to the East Coast.
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- The old Lifeboat House served as an Ambulance Station between 1949 and 1974 with the small extension at the front to house the fuel pump.
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- The JAMES SCARLETT which served until the station closed in 1925.
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- The JAMES SCARLETT which arrived in St.Annes in November 1908. Coxswain Tom Rimmer stands in the left foreground.
