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Eight In a Row
Eight in a row Last year 33 members of Wallingford Rowing Club sculled their way down the Thames from Oxford to Wallingf ord to raise money, both for new equipment and for the RNLI. Later, as the picture shows, an 'eight' from the... - View image in PDF
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BOOTS, BOATS AND BUCKETS
Our energetic supporters have stuffed their yellow wellies with cash, cheered hundreds of tiny boats along the Thames and tearfully abandoned their favourite drinks, in an action-packed season of fundraising.<...
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An Aeroplane (21)
SEPT. 25TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in thechannel between Hastings and Le Treport.
No position was given. The life-boat and two aeroplanes searched for some time. In the meanwhile the...
No. C.679
Swanage, Dorset. At 10.27 on the morning of the 10th of December, 1958, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from a Dakota aircraft that a large barge had been seen adrift ten miles south-south- east of Anvil Point. At...
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 2.55 in the afternoon, on the 27th of July, 1951, the Wallasey Police telephoned a report that five people had been cut off by the tide on the North Bank.
Two beach patrolmen were swimming out and...
Chairman's Message
You receive THE LIFE-BOAT regularly because of your close personal association with the life-boat service. May I now ask t for your help or, should I say, further help? If every reader at this time of year were to find five new 3...
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Cover Picture
Bude's new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat in the surf close to shore during a training exercise shortly after her arrival on station.
The Evans/Avon EA 16 lifeboat has a 40hp outboard engine and a top speed of 20... - View image in PDF
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Obituaries
Deaths It is with regret that we report the following deaths.
Lt Cdr David Streatfield Former Aylesbury & District chairman, on 28 March.
Norman Jefferies Sherborne and District honorary treasurer and...
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Station upgrades
Further to our previous coverage of RNLI shoreworks, we can report that the charity is wrapping up its appeal to fund a new boathouse at Exmouth, Devon, now that it has reached its target.
Exmouth’s facilities are much in...
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