A MEMORIAL remembering one of Porthdinllaen’s most significant fundraisers has been unveiled.

A plaque was put on display recently at Porthdinllaen RNLI lifeboat station in recognition of the legacy left behind by local RNLI supporter and fund-raiser Stella Riley.

Mrs Riley’s nephew Bill and his wife Erika Gloyn, visited Porthdinllaen RNLI to unveil the plaque that notes the generous bequest made by Stella which covered the cost of running the north Wales lifeboat station in 2017.

Stella was a familiar face in the village of Morfa Nefyn, being a dedicated fundraiser for the charity for well over 50 years.

Stella’s husband, also called Bill, was appointed station engineer at a new central monitoring station at Abersoch and this is where Stella’s involvement with the RNLI began in 1966 when the family moved from Newark in Scotland to the Welsh village of Abersoch.

By now, Stella’s mother, Edith Taylor had moved in with them, and made a name for herself for making Welsh lavender dolls which were sold at various RNLI events with all proceeds going to the charity.

In 1974, in recognition of her fund-raising activities at Abersoch and with the Caernarvonshire Ladies Guild, Stella was invited to Buckingham Palace event to mark the 150th Anniversary of the RNLI.

This was one of her “proudest moments” which she “cherished for the rest of her life”.

Following the closure of the station in 1979, Stella and her husband Bill, and her mother Edith moved to Morfa Nefyn, and continued her fund-raising activities with the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Guild.

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