RNLI 200 scroll signing at Skegness Lifeboat Station

The milestone signing of the RNLI scroll has taken place  at  Skegness Lifeboat Station as part of the 200th anniversary relay tour around the UK.

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00:00The whole of the British Isles, with the purpose of going from each block,

00:05and it's been signed by representatives of people from all the block offices.

00:09Fundraising, shop, retail, lots of operations and everything in between.

00:13So it's a really lovely journey, and it was actually the brainchild of some of the

00:17block offices who said, we want to do something this year that sees all of our

00:21businesses connected across the British Isles, so there's really nice developments

00:26The scroll itself, it started it's journey in West Middles Abbey,

00:30firstly signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and it's been making it's journey

00:35around ever since, and the scroll contains the wording of the ILO,

00:39but it's there because it's too far away.

00:43So it's really lovely that you've decided to sign this scroll on behalf of Scabless,

00:49so I'm going to talk you through the whole process, and we'll get going with it.

00:54So, I'm just going to roll it on slightly.

00:58So what it has underneath, the box itself is made by,

01:03so a few sets of people will know what I'm talking about,

01:07the box itself is made by the engineers and appraisers of the British Isles office.

01:11It's already had a deep process, so it goes into its maintenance,

01:15so it looks a lot like a lifeboat.

01:18They also inset the carpet by the speaker, and underneath this,

01:22you can't see it, but there's a card plate, so that when you sign the scroll,

01:26it won't go through the paper.

01:28And these spindles on the scroll were actually made from a 19th century boat,

01:33that comes from Brampton in the Isle of Man,

01:36so there's a really nice historic piece, and they were spun,

01:39sorry, not spun, turned, by an engineer at the All Weather Lifeboat Centre,

01:43who's about to retire, as well as the carpenters.

01:46So there's a really nice bit of history, but it's modern boat building.

01:52So, I'm going to give you a minute.

02:00I'm going to ask you to just do a practice run, so you don't have to put your head in the air.

02:11Are you happy? Alright, so your space is this way.

02:17Hold that down, please.

02:21Lovely.

02:52Hello.

03:00I would like you to sign the log book,

03:03because you're making a digital model of everybody that's signed this scroll,

03:06over the course of the team at the end.

03:08So you go into that as well, and then...

03:21Thank you.