A fond farewell to a popular lifeboat coxswain

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A popular lifeboat coxswain with the Wells-next-the-Sea lifeboat crew is stepping down after 42 years service.

Allen Frary says it's been a role that's been a mixture of great joy - when rescues go well - and deep sadness when they don't.

He's stepping down as coxswain and mechanic at the end of March. He says the role has brought him so much joy like the time when he and his volunteer crew were able to save the lives of a father and his two children who'd got into trouble ...