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Visit Old Lifeboat Station Ruins at Formby Beach, Southport, England
Formby Beach is the location of the first lifeboat station in the UK. It is believed to have been established as early as 1776 by William Hutchinson, the Dock Master for the Liverpool Common Council. Although no exact record has been found, the boat used is believed to have been a 'Mersey Gig'. The last launch from the station took place in 1916. Remarkably, a film of this event survived.
The foundations of the last of the lifeboat station buildings remain on the beach to this day at the end of Lifeboat Rd.
In 2016, the newly opened Wetherspoons pub in the town was named 'The Lifeboat' in honour of the original lifeboat station.
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