At the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Committee of this Fund, held on the 18th inst., and presided over by Mr. Chae. G. Turner, C.B., Comptroller-General of Inland Revenue, Mr. Charles Dibdin, the Honorary Secretary, reported that the...
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AT the annual meeting of the committee of this fund, held on the 16th. January last, and presided over by Mr. CHARLES G. TURNER, Controller-General of Inland Revenue, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that during the past...
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Earlier this year, the people of Portstewart, Northern Ireland, celebrated St Patrick's day with their annual sponsored Duck Dive. Participants jumped or dived into a nearby intertidal basin, many of them wearing fancy dress. The event,... - View image in PDF
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'A YEAR of intense activity and gratifying success for the lifeboat service" is the phrase used in the RNLI's report to describe the happenings in 1972. The facts certainly justify this. The total number of lives saved, which is...
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READERS of The Life-Boat will not need to be reminded of the efforts which the Institution has made during the last two years to call attention to the failure of the shipping community of Great Britain to give adequate support to the...
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This is what to do with your lifeboat after she has come out of service for the winter: push her for 12 miles along the road between Burry Port, Dyfed, and Loughor, pass a few pubs on the way and with the sponsorship collected in each pub... - View image in PDF
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Burry Port crew member Ryan Griffiths (right) had a hard time convincing fellow crew member Jeremy Williams that they had shared the workload equally after the crew had taken part in a low-water exercise along the very muddy Welsh coast. {In... - View image in PDF
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Vessels Lives Number Lives which Lives Rescued of Rescued Life-boats Rescued by 1945 Life-boat by Saved or by Auxiliary Launches Life-boats Helped Shore-boats Rescueto Save boats January . . 63 100 6 4 - February . . 53 22 6 5 - March . . 43...
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In the five years, eight months and six days of war, from September 3rd., 1939, to May 8th., 1945, the life-boats of the Institution were launched to the help of ships and aeroplanes in distress 3760 times and rescued from them 6376 lives....
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THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT WE OFFER THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE ON LAST YEAR'S POPULAR SUCCESS A 12 L.P. of 18 Christmas Carols recorded in Stereo by the Coptilar G h i i ' • • , (. uoki IM CK il xxi' iwi' IVfci- CNtr FOREST...
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