A lifeboat that served a Fife fishing community over 100 years ago is to be restored and put on display.

RNLI Lifeboats have been in service at Anstruther, in the East Neuk of Fife, since 1865.

Now the James and Mary boat - the third RNLI lifeboat to serve at Anstruther - is to be lovingly restored.

It originally arrived in the town on July 30 1904, and was in service until it was replaced in March 1933.

The naming and launching ceremony took place on September 10 1904 at 1pm - witnessed by around 4000 people who had gathered on the piers.

Coxswain William Sutherland, known locally as Scow, launched the boat with Second Coxswain Martin Gardner, a partnership with the boat that was to last for nearly 30 years.

The trio became known as the "wooden boat with the iron men".

Anstruther Lifeboat Station Administration and Visits Officer Roger Grundy has masterminded the return of what remains of the lifeboat to Anstruther - with the help of funding from Fife Council.

They are currently in the process of forming a small working group to steer and manage the project towards restoring the lifeboat into a permanent display outside the boathouse.

Roger said: "Since receiving notification that the remains of this RNLI lifeboat was available this project has moved at remarkable pace and I am delighted that the James and Mary is already safely back at Anstruther.

"My thanks go to colleagues within the RNLI and Fife Council who, with very little notice, assisted with the  recovery and haulage arrangements.

"Phase two of this project will now commence which will include the renovation of the lifeboat and I would be interested to hear from anyone who would be interested in lending any form of support."