Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum
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great place to take the grandchildren; lots of free sheets to colour and learn about the lifeboat services; lovely things to buy and support such a worthy cause. They are so friendly to little people too couldn't do enough for us; gave the children lots of freebies which they LOVED
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Small but very informative. Lovely friendly volunteers in shop. Well stocked shop with RNLI products. Handy location on seafront
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This museum is ideally situated on the main Eastbourne promenade and next to the Wish Tower. The museum area is small but interesting. The shop takes up the main area with a good range of goods for toddlers through to oldies and a helpful source of income for the RNLI.
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Very nice small museum with a lot of local history and stories. Good gift part. A visit will take twenty minutes to half an hour.
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Small shop with very small museum at the back, but don't let that fool you the volunteers that man the desk are a mine of information, if they don't have the answer they have a lot of information in loose leaf books and folders, there is even a chair and desk for you to use while you are looking. (They even found a folder for me with information on the Wish Tower next door). Not a lot of exhibits but all very interesting. It's all free but they do welcome donations or perhaps you might like to buy something.
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worth a look at the great job the lifeboat do around are coast nice museum support the R.N.L.I YOU DONT KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED THEM
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Very little area at the back of RNLI shop but wow it's full of information.
Lovely ladies in the till too
If you don't give a donation after reading all the information then you need your head seeing too.
Lovely ladies in the till too
If you don't give a donation after reading all the information then you need your head seeing too.
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Never miss these type of places. May be just a shop but an organization like this is run on donations and provides a magnificent service.
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A shop really, but at the back had a display with the history of the lifeboat activity on this bit of coastline. Interesting.
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A lovely shop selling souvenirs and presents over a wide range of prices. Open every day from 10.00am till 5.00pm in the summer but earlier in the winter. All profits to the RNLI - a very worthy cause. Staff very helpful and all volunteers.
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Just visit this museum, it has great little gifts and they do the most amazing job, which we never know if we will need in life. Great exhibition at the back. Please visit.
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Interesting museum and well stocked shop. Good range of cards including Christmas cards. Volunteers in the shop are always helpful.
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The museum is combined with the shop, but is very interesting. It has historical stuff as well as a list of the more recent RNLI call outs.
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Small but interesting.
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Charming and full of reasonably priced gifts etc that help the RNLI
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Always happy to visit and support shop whenever I am in Eastbourne. Staff very friendly and time to chat.
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We were staying in Eastbourne for the weekend, it was a lovely day so we had a walk along the front and came to the Lifeboat Museum. Always have to have a look and a walk around, and always support the R.N.L.I.
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Although it's more of a shop than a museum please visit and pop a few pence their way.
The shop is full of gifts priced for everybody's pocket. Lots of toys and novelties for kids and some great quality goods for adults - diaries, mugs, shopping bags, even socks! The list is endless. My purchases? A wind up seagull that just made me laugh and great little dog travel kit in a tin. Wherever I am on the coast I do like to check out the RNLI. It's a great charity and on my visit to Eastbourne I discovered that they make over 20 rescues each day. They've saved over 140000 people since they were established and lost 600 of their own crews. I think there well worth supporting.
The shop is full of gifts priced for everybody's pocket. Lots of toys and novelties for kids and some great quality goods for adults - diaries, mugs, shopping bags, even socks! The list is endless. My purchases? A wind up seagull that just made me laugh and great little dog travel kit in a tin. Wherever I am on the coast I do like to check out the RNLI. It's a great charity and on my visit to Eastbourne I discovered that they make over 20 rescues each day. They've saved over 140000 people since they were established and lost 600 of their own crews. I think there well worth supporting.
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this is always worth a visit not only to see the history but also to help the life boat service here you can browse and pick up keep sakes from Eastbourne fridge magnets pens, pencils books and many other souvenirs this is a great way to help the service
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I had fond memories of this place from childhood - maybe rose coloured specs blurred by the passing of the years, but seemed to me really just a shop (albeit proceeds in a very good cause) with a tiny museum tagged on. I remember the balance being the other way round... but maybe that's just age! Worth a quick visit, and the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable
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Volunteer staff were so friendly and helped me choose presents to take home for the family. Good range of presents at affordable prices.
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The museum has shrunk since we had last visited but still plenty of history to read and many items on display. The shop has over taken a large proportion of the space but this is for a worthwhile cause afterall as they keep our waters safe and save lives! They need all the funding they can get, a little sad to see a lot of the museum has gone but it's still enjoyable and worth a short visit.
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We are supporters of the RNLI so would also visit on our travels. The organisation is marvellous as they save so many lives.
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Tiny area at the back of the shop, so don't allocate more than 10 minutes to absorb it, but interesting history of that ex-boat house and local rescues and history
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Interesting to see a lifeboat and all the good work that they do which is voluntry. The information on all the rescues over the years
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