As part of its 150th anniversary celebrations, Falmouth Lifeboat Station threw open its doors and welcomed over 800 people who were able to clamber over modern and historic lifeboats and watch a variety of demonstrations.

Billed as a "day of fun for the whole family," the open day included a RNLI lifeguard display, as well as demonstrations from the Coastguard cliff rescue team, the inshore lifeboat and the Newquay-based search and rescue helicopter, Rescue 924.

There were a number of historic lifeboats which were opened to the public and the Royal Navy's HMS Puncher, which is used for navigational training, was also present, along with some replica model lifeboats.

Also making an appearance were Betty's Sprogs, a team from Falmouth's Pink Wig Events, who spent the whole day walking around the town collecting money for the RNLI. They helped Skinner's Brewery's Betty Stogs, raise over £6,000 during the International Sea Shanty Festival, held the same weekend, which will go the Falmouth RNLI's £100,000 appeal.

The appeal was launched earlier this year with the aim of raising the money needed to carry out alterations to the lifeboat station ahead of the arrival of a new, larger Atlantic class inshore lifeboat in 2019.