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Info supplied by John Bain Duncan and Douglas MacPhee.

The boat was the Challenger.

Children include - Ronnie Cooper, Davie Maclean, Harry Kelly, Linda Brewster, Diane Cooper, Donald Hogg, Jane Mackay, Billy Brewster, Geordie McPhee (Geordie Bear)

Adults include - Ethel Brewster, Jean MacPhee, Catherine Pringle, Babs Mackay,

This was the visit of the Royal Review of the Fleet on Monday, 27th May, 1957. The photo was featured in the Daily Express of Tuesday the 28th.

Just to the right of the small girl standing is Jean Watson, wife of John Watson, lifeboat mechanic.

You're right John, the Nurse's house was in the Fishertown, and known as The Weatherglass House.
Before the days of accurate weather forcasting, the Cromarty fishermen used to gather at the
gable end of that house to read the built-in barometer, thermometer etc., etc.

I have strong memories of this boat "The Challenger" ...it was a fixture on the shore in front of the lookout for many years ...in fact I still have a nasty scar on my right leg ..when I slipped off the side of the boat, and burnt my leg on the rope you can see surrounding the boat... while playing as a young lad ...and had to be rushed to the district nurse who used to live in the Fishertown area?

Linda Brewster ( Couper) has her arm around me, Moira Mackay ( Munro) at the front of the photo. I was 4.

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