Lifeboat Saturday Procession

Lifeboat Saturday Procession

Image Details

Title Lifeboat Saturday Procession
Reference Number STH0000020
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date 17 09 1904
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period Edwardian (1901-1910)
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information The first South Shields Lifeboat Saturday procession, 17 September 1904. Marching up Westoe Road past the entrance to Erskine Road on the right.  "Worthing" lifeboat, built by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and manned by the Tyne Pilots. Procession included Wellesley Boys Brigade.  A full report appeared in the Shields Gazette, 19 September 1904.