A flag stolen from a lifeboat station has been returned after greater than 50 years.
The banner used to be returned to Trearddur Bay RNLI in Anglesey, in conjunction with a £20 donation and a observe from a person apologising for stealing it in 1969.
The apology observe from the person, who has no longer been known by means of the RNLI, says he used to be “tenting up the street” from the station with two buddies on the time.
One evening, on their as far back as the tent the place they have been sound asleep, one of the vital youngsters “climbed up the pole and took the flag”.
“We have been handiest 17 on the time, however that is no excuse,” the observe added.
Symbol: The apology observe. Pic: RNLI/Megan Dixon
The person stated he used to be “having a kind out” when he discovered it and was hoping it might get again to the RNLI “in the end those years”.
The flag now flies once more on the station, having been reinstalled all through a morning of coaching.
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Trearddur Bay RNLI’s volunteer press officer Megan Dixon instructed Sky Information the station used to be “in reality thankful” to have had the flag returned to its rightful house.
“Most often, [the post includes] such things as provides for the station. So that you can have one thing hand-written and with a work of historical past of the station, it used to be in reality great to get it again,” she stated.
“Very first thing we did, we were given it out of the field and we put it up the flagpole. It is in reality great, it is hand-stitched and it is more than likely one of the vital few left of its sort I’d believe from that point. So it is again flying within the solar, the place it belongs.”
Lifeboat operations supervisor Paul Moffett stated it used to be “nice to have a work of station historical past returned after such a lot of years”.
“Thanks to the culprits for the sort donation and for placing a grin at the team’s faces. All is forgiven,” he added.
