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Plans to bring three historic lifeboats back
home to Sheringham have taken a significant step forward. The town's last pulling and
sailing lifeboat, the J.C. Madge, and the first motorised lifeboat, the Foresters
Centenary, have been moved into the Mo on Sheringham's seafront where they will eventually
be joined by the town's first, and last, offshore lifeboat, the Manchester Unity of
Oddfellows. Two locally built fishing boats, the Windsor Rose last owned by the Scotter
family and the Enterprise, last owned by Mr. Nick Knights, can also be seen. |
All these boats will remain here until the site has been
developed as a new lifeboat and maritime museum along with the existing social history
museum currently sited in Station Road. Denise Lattaway, Chairman of the Museum trust
said, "This is the start of a dream coming to reality. We have waited so long to
bring all these historic boats back home and we can now press ahead with plans to develop
the site into a museum of local, regional and national importance. The boats can be viewed
by members of the public most Wednesdays, starting Wednesday 5 February, between 10am and
3pm. Entrance is off Lifeboat Plain and admission is free. A visit offers the opportunity
of meeting and talking to members of the volunteer team who have restored these historic
boats and brought them up to museum standard.
For further information please contact either Peter Brooks (museum trust vice chairman) on
01263 822895 or Tony Sadler (Boat team Leader) on 01263 822219.
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