Whitby lifeboat rescued through Ebay

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At 100 years old, it has finally come home. The wooden lifeboat The William Riley of Birmingham and Leamington saved many lives in its time, but until two and a half years ago, it lay neglected, showing its age and desperately in need of saving itself.

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