St Annes Lifeboat House and the "Laura Janet", Eastbank Road, St Annes on Sea

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231822

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NST20100928006

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St Annes Lifeboat House and the "Laura Janet", Eastbank Road, St Annes on Sea

Place

St Annes on Sea

General notes

"St Anne's Lifeboat House was erected next to the Methodist Chapel, Eastbank Road in 1880 and the first lifeboat, the Laura Janet, arrived the following year. It was this lifeboat that went down with all hands in the attempt to rescue the German barque Mexico in December 1886. All but two of the 16 crew in the Southport lifeboat also perished."

The image appears as image no 50 in "Lytham St Annes: a pictorial history" (1995) by Robert Haley with the above description. The station was opened on 24th September 1881.

This image is a copy taken from the collection of glass negatives in St Annes Library.

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