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Obituary: Padraic Dillane
Padraic Dillane With deep regret we report that Coxswain Padraic Dillane of the Aran Islands lifeboat died recently following a short illness.
A greatly respected and much loved member of the local community, Padraic first...
Category: Obituaries
Michael Bowden
Coxswain/Mechanic Michael Bowden Bronze Medal Coxswain/Mechanic Michael Bowden of Appledore's Tyne class lifeboat went to the aid of a fishing vessel which had lostpoweron one engine near Appledore's infamous Bar. The lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Pier rescue The Redcar relief Atlantic 21 lifeboat Himley Hall was returning from a false alarm when the Coastguard asked the crew to investigate a report of children in difficulty at the end of Saltburn Pier. The lifeboat arrived quickly...
Lifeboat Services
South Western Division Stood by in storm ON SATURDAY December 15, 1979, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Padstow lifeboat station that a vessel three miles north west of Trevose Head had transmitted a mayday distress signal...
Category: Services
Weymouth Ladies' Guild
Weymouth ladies' guild raised £700 for branch funds at its annual wine and cheese party in the Springfield Room at Devenish Brewery on April I . The Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Mrs Joyce Litschi, presented an oil painting of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Contents
Contents 3 Lifeboat Services 4 Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards 9 Volume XLIV XT 1 Central Appeals Committee 16 Number 452 Naming Ceremony: Augustine Courtauld, Poole 16 Operation Lifeboat 17 Family Profile by Joan Davies...
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North Sunderland Lifeboat
North Sunderland lifeboat crew look on while Jane Sutherland, grand-daughter of Lady Sutherland, president of the ladies' guild, presents a salmon to Bill Steel of Tyne Tees Television who opened the annual lifeboat fete at Seahouses.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Start of Last Year's Sheffield Marathon
The start of last year's Sheffield Marathon which raised, mainly through the sponsorship of individual runners, a remarkable £24,000 for the RNLI. It is an annual event with some 6,000 entrants and Sheffield branch, together with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fundraisers
A WORKOUT on an assault course was one of the services offered in an Auction of Promises organised by Bangor branch. Others included advice on gardening, French language lessons and even flying lessons.
The event realised...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
THE EXPERIENCES of a number of lifeboats in the severe gales last winter led to the appointment in February, 1978 of a working party to examine what more could be done to reduce the dangers facing lifeboat crews in extreme conditions....
Category: Articles