Mrs Eileen Haw, souvenir secretary of Coventry ladies lifeboat guild from 1984 until 1991. She first joined the guild in 1981 and continued to serve the committee until shortly before her death..
Category: Obituaries
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 4.45 A.M. on the 8th April, 1938, the coastguard reported a small yacht in difficulties.
A strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross was launched at 4.55 A.M....
From a Cripple's Home.
THE Tiny Tims Cripples Home at Eastbourne Las sent to the Eastbourne Branch a gift of 11s. 9d., made up of the children's own farthings. This is the second time that the Tiny Tims have given...
Category: Donations
On the bar TWO RED FLARES sighted on the south side of Portmadoc Estuary, near and inside the bar, were reported to the honorary secretary of Pwllheli lifeboat station by Coastguard Porthdinllaen at 0035 on Thursday, September 1. The wind...
Coxswain Michael Grant, Selsey On September 9, 1983, Coxswain Grant rescued six from a grounded yacht, Enchantress of Hamble, in a southerly force 8 gale, darkness and large, breaking seas. The 48ft 6in Oakley class lifeboat Charles Henry... - View image in PDF
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You plan for things that might happen.
•1 GOLDEN CHARTER Pre-Paid Funeral Plans How about planning for something that definitely will? THERE COMES A TIME in life when it's natural to consider your own funeral...and to...
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The 'Boat Crew' Cross The Finish Line. - View image in PDF
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SKIN DIVERS PASS LINE TO YACHT Exmouth, Devon. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 14th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht had been blown on to the Pole Sands and that she was inside the...
JULY 14TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. At 5.39 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles away. She was a Lancaster bomber. At 5.52 came another message asking the life-boat to launch, and...
TWO LIFE-BOAT MEN INJURED Falmouth, Cornwall. At 11.53 p.m.
on 7th August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a speed boat with three people on board was missing. The boat had last been seen twelve miles south of Falmouth....