Opening Coutts Simpson Centre 1 May 2009

Brig Frank Coutts led a fund raising team fo rthe Trust and Norman Simpson was the first treasurer.

Gifts from their estates facilitated an extension to the Trust's Ratho Centre to provide an office for the Trust. Previously office space had been rented in Edinburgh.

Norman Simpson's son Murray and Frank Coutts daughter Sheena open the Centre

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Ken Gumley Workshop

A donation from volunteer skipper Ken Gumley allowed a similar workshop extension at the other end of the building.

Ratho Branch Content - Click to visit an item

1978 St John Crusader I
1983 Janet Telford
1986 Mackay Seagull
1996 St John Crusader II
2011 St John Edinburgh
1993 Building Dry Dock and Centre
1984 Maragaret Thatcher visit
1995 Opening Scott Russell Aqueduct
2009 Opening Coutts Simpson Centre
2015 Beachgrove Garden at Ratho
The Neilsons
Maintenance

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