The old Lifeboat House in Lytham St. Annes, marked by a blue plaque from the Lytham St. Annes Civic Society, which served as a lifeboat station from 1881 to 1925. It was the base for the “Laura Janet” lifeboat, which notably launched to assist the German barque “Mexico” in 1886. The “Mexico” disaster resulted in the loss of all 13 crew members from the St. Annes lifeboat and 14 from the Southport lifeboat, making it the RNLI’s worst loss of life in a single incident. The blue plaque commemorates the station’s history, highlighting the 45 lives saved from the house… Read more »