Saturday 17 September 2016 will be a day long remembered in St Abbs. It was the day that we officially named our new lifeboat the “Thomas Tunnock”.
After a lot or hard work and the support of so many the big day was finally here. The weather couldn’t have been better and thousands of you came to see the lifeboat named.
Boyd Tunnock officially named our lifeboat the “Thomas Tunnock”, in honour of his late brother and grandfather. As a small thank you to the Tunnock family we were honoured to present them with a commerative glass plate, kindly created for us by local artist Julia Linstead, with the inscription:
“St Abbs Lifeboat – ‘Thomas Tunnock’. Present to the Tunnock Family by a Grateful Community – 17th September 2017”
Scotland’s First minister also attended the launch and had these kind words to say:
FM @NicolaSturgeon pays tribute to the community of St Abbs after the launch of the independent @stabbslifeboat. pic.twitter.com/cdT7sSnZew
— First Minister (@ScotGovFM) 17 September 2016
We’d like to thank all our supporters, each of you have contributed into making this special day possible.
