"The Mexico Lifeboat Disaster - 125th Commemoration" - Exhibition

Lytham Heritage Group - Exhibition Open Evening 15 November 2011

The exhibition was opened by Lytham St Annes Lifeboat Coxswain Martin Jaggs and the Mayor and Mayoress of Fylde Councillors Howard and Karen Henshaw.

Scenes from the exhibition open evening:

Acknowledgements

Lytham Heritage Group would like to thank the following individuals and groups.

Without their help this exhibition would not have been possible.  

Lytham Heritage Exhibition’s Team

Lytham St Annes RNLI Heritage Section 

David Forshaw (Author “On Those Infernal Ribble Banks”) 

Frank Kilroy (Author “The Wreck of the Mexico”) 

Southport Botanic Gardens Museum

Ian Mayes (Co-Author “On a Broad Reach”) 

John Mayes (Co-Author “On a Broad Reach”) 

Andrew Farthing (Author “The Great Lifeboat Disaster 1886”) 

Artists 

Ted and Susan Walker www.edwalkermarine.com 

Tom and Mary Eccles 

Wave Productions - DVD 

Sefton Libraries - Heritage Section

Lytham St Annes RNLI 

Roland Whitehead and Daughter Funeral Directors 

James Hilton (Lord of the Manor)

Robert Hayley www.amounderness.co.uk

Lytham St Annes Civic Society 

Lytham Heritage Archive Team 

and of course our wonderful Stewards that ensure our exhibition is open for your enjoyment.