| Ddisgrifiad / Description | The location of the Lifeboat Station in Lloyd Street is some 700 yards away from the slipway on the Northern Promenade [nextdoor to Conwy Archive]. When the building was erected beside the Board School in 1903, Llandudno was much less developed than it is today and the intention was to place it midway between the two shores. The original Lifeboat House of 1861 was erected beside the Railway Station to facilitate transporting the boat to Penmaenmawr and Colwyn Bay, which were to be served by the new Orme's Head Crew.
During the first half of the nineteen century a thousand people were drowned in shipping mishaps within sight of Llandudno. In 1860 the Lifeboat Inspector visited the town. His recommendation for the establishment of a new Station coincided with a gift of £200 from two Liverpool sisters in memory of a third. They stipulated that the money was to be used to provide a Lifeboat for Llandudno where all three had spent many happy holidays. They also asked for the boat to be called the 'Sister's Memorial', this being the first instance of a Lifeboat being named by its donors.
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