Back in the early 1980's, health and safety hadn't gone mad, and you could still put people on the back of lorries. The Penarth Holiday Festival parade back then was a big affair, with dozens of floats parading through the streets.

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I recently discovered these old magic lantern slides. Showing the dedication of the "City of Winchester" lifeboat at Aldeburgh in Suffolk July 23rd 1903. The titles I have given the pictures are as shown on the slides edges.

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Lifeboat enthusiasts with their boats at the Pierhead, Cardiff Bay.

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A Solent class lifeboat.

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