LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Corner In Cumbria: Workington Silloth and St.Bees Three Lifeboat Stations on the Solway Firth and Its Southern Approaches
THREE CUMBRIAN STATIONS, St BeeS, Workington and Silloth, complementing each other, are the guardians of the southern approaches to the Firth of Solway and of the firth itself, just as Kirkcudbright and Kippford guard the waters to the north...
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News and Views
SEA Check under way The RNLI's Sea Safety team has been helping to educate sea users of all kinds since the initiative was first launched some four years ago, but it is now breaking new ground with its SEA Check scheme.
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A Merchant Vessel
Long haul for Harwich's new Severn Harwich was the first station to receive a new Severn class lifeboat (on 20 October 1996) and it was not long before the speed and endurance of the new class was put to the test.
On 12...
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A LIMITED EDITION
I was interested to read in the autumn issue about the City of Sheffield’s return to the city that funded her. I was involved in raising an amount towards that boat when I was an honorary organiser in West...
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An Atlantic Storm and Rescue
THE accompanying graphic narrative of a fearful storm and a noble rescue in mid-Atlantic appeared some months ago in the Daily Telegraph under the signature of " Seafarer." No one can read this in- teresting account without feeling...
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Coastal Life
coAstAL LIFe Rapture of the deep scuba diving is fraught with dangers, but each year thousands of adventurers find that the rewards far outweigh the risks.
Bethany Hope discovers the appeal of diving close to home ‘You...
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Your shout
My husband and I were on Newgale Beach, Pembrokeshire, on Tuesday 17 July.
We climbed to the top of the shingle bank and saw two surfers in trouble. Along with others, we stood watching the absolutely heroic...
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Hughie Green's Autograph Session
It was a cold and blustery August bank holiday when the annual life-boat flag day was held in Rhyl this year. A further handicap was the lateness of the bank holiday - fewer people were in the town. The outlook for fund raising was poor,...
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HERE and THERE.
Frances Scott, honorary secretary of the Bournemouth branch, sailed to Swanage in his yacht Eulali to attend that station's centenary. On the return passage, when entering Poole Harbour, he saw a 14' skiff, Addio, which had capsized,...
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South/Midlands/East Community News
Words: Anna Burn. Photos: The Bedford Sixth Form, Elmfield School for the Deaf, RNLI/(Dereham Branch, Nathan Williams), Simon Trafford
Welcome to your community news for the South, Midlands and East. For the latest from...
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