Page 22 • The HERALD • 3rd August 2023 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Kitchen & Bathroom Showroom with free design service Tel: 023 8084 3787 Email: showroom@pcbuildingsupplies.co.ukWeb: www.pcbuildingsupplies.co.uk All aspects of Plastering & General Decorating Covered Free Quotations Fully Insured Mobile 07941 255335 Phone: 023 8089 8324 parkesij@yahoo.co.uk www.ijs4plastering.co.uk A.M.H. Handyman Services Internal & External Painting All aspects of DIY Work • Flat Pack Assembly Power Washing: Driveways, Patios, Paths & Decking Gutter, Fascia Boards & Window Cleaning (Bungalows only) Call or email Andy for a free estimate Tel: 07961 443623 handyandyharding@gmail.com Local and Reliable Calshot RNLI Celebrates 60 Years of Inshore Lifeboats Introduced in 1963, the inshore lifeboat continues to be an invaluable asset in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) eet as new gures show the charity’s Inshore lifeboats (ILBs) have saved 30,778 lives across 60 years. e inshore lifeboat has enabled the charity’s volunteer crews to carry out their lifesaving work closer to shore, in areas inaccessible to other lifeboats in the eet. Designed to be quick and manoeuvrable, inshore lifeboats can operate in shallower water, near cli s and rocks meaning crews can get as close as possible to those in trouble. Calshot RNLI originally started life as an All Weather Lifeboat Station, before moving to become an Inshore Calshot RNLI Volunteer Helm, Andy Headley said of the Atlantic 85 B Class Lifeboat: “Within our operational area, speed is a greater requirement than endurance, and with the same capabilities as an ALB, the Atlantic 85 B Class Lifeboat is the most appropriate boat for Central Solent and Southampton Water. The majority of shouts involve people accessing the water for leisure, but the ILB’s have also demonstrated their ability for use with commercial vessels.” Volunteer Helm, Graham Burgess on the D Class Lifeboat: “The versatility of the D Class is its stand out feature with it justifiably deserving its reputation of being the workhorse of the RNLI. Whether it be performing close quarters manoeuvres in the shallow water of the rivers and shorelines around The Solent or it be punching through the relentless steep swell when wind and tide go head to head in the Western Solent, it is the master of all, ensuring lifeboat crews really can make a difference.” e RNLI builds and maintains most of its inshore lifeboats in house at their Inshore Lifeboat Centre in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. is allows the charity to have greater control over costs and quality ensuring they produce the best lifesaving asset for their crews and spend their supporters’ donations in the most e cient and e ective way. For more information about the RNLI Inshore Lifeboats please visit: rnli.org/about-us/our-history/ timeline/1963-in atable-lifeboats Lifeboat Station in 2012. Calshot currently operates an Atlantic 85 B Class Lifeboat Max Walls and a D Class Lifeboat Willett. Calshot RNLI’s inshore lifeboats have launched on service 1362 times, saved 50 lives and aided 1077 people. Jane Banting, Volunteer Lifeboat Operations Manager at Calshot RNLI said: “Our patch consists of the central Solent and one of the busiest ports in the world and many of our rescues need the speed of our ILBs to remove casualty vessels from harm’s way. Our two boats complement each other with the Atlantic having the capacity to travel faster but the D class being able to enter shallow waters more easily.” Calshot RNLI’s Atlantic 85 B Class Lifeboat ‘Max Walls’ (Photo: RNLI/Justyn Leonard) Handy Volunteers Needed for New Waterside Repair Café looking for volunteers to help run a monthly repair session in Black eld. If you love to trouble shoot issues on small household items, including kettles, toasters, vacuum cleaners, and lamps, or can patch up a ripped item of clothing, repair toys and bikes, then they would love to hear from you. ey also need a kitchen team and front of house team. Repairs are made free of charge, tea, co ee, and cake are available. is is all about encouraging repair over disposal whilst saving money on buying new. Please visit the Waterside Repair Café Facebook page and send them a message if you would like to join them or need further information. Waterside Repair Café is e Parish of Hythe will be hosting their annual Autumn Fete on Saturday 9th September at St John’s Church, New Road Hythe, 10am to 2pm. Stall pitches are available for £10 per table, please contact: o ce@stjohnshythe. org or call: 023 8084 4336 to book a table. Stalls Wanted for Autumn Fete
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