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Further to Jimmy Hamiltons picture #17246, I came across this picture dated 1906, the year the shed was built. Inside the shed is the 'Anne Miles' the first lifeboat to be launched from this shed.
(Story in the Longhope Lifeboat site.)
Picture added on 03 October 2009 at 18:53
I also have a postcard of this photo - perhaps they were issued to commemorate the opening of the shed. It belonged to my grandfather Benjamin Smith from Hurliness who came to Australia that same year.
Added by Jan Grant on 14 July 2012
Hoy and Walls
