At 1.28 p.m. on 14th August, 1969, the police informed the honorarysecretary that some young children were reported to be adrift in a small boat off Gailes shore. The life-boat Connel Elizabeth Cargill slipped her moorings at 1.35. It was...
At 11.9 p.m. on 5th March, 1967, information was given that three men who were climbing to the west of South Stack were overdue. Their car had been found in the South Stack car park. The Holyhead C.R.E. Company and mountain rescue teams had...
No life-boat station can be considered complete without a set of life-belts for the boat's crew, and the several local committees should insist upon having them, and upon the belts being put on, before the men go afloat. The qualities...
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On fire THE FISHING VESSEL Glen RilUU'S Of Buckie, on fire off Burghead with a crew of three aboard, was reported to the honorary secretary of Buckie lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 2000 on Thursday April 13.
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While Paul Squire, singer and comedian, was appearing in Bridlington for last summer's season, he helped to raise money for the RNLI time and time again—nothing was too much trouble. So, when the time came for him to leave. Coxswain Fred... - View image in PDF
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Without a paddle Experienced canoeists James Candy Snr and Jnr were caught out in heavy surf off Ogmore-by-Sea, Bridgend, on 15 October 2005. Capsized by a large wave, the 13-year-old was unable to regain control in the choppy water and lost...
A D V E R T I S M E N T A TRUE STORY ABOUT RELIEF FROM Some years ago, I suffered a slipped disk - a common enough problem but I made the mistake of not resting and letting nature take its course. The end result of this was that the...
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Broughty Ferry's Arun can be seen lying afloat just to the right of centre in the main photograph, with the boathouse on the foreshore at the far right.
The boathouse is now home to the boarding boat and D class... - View image in PDF
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EDINBURGH'S PERMANENT LIFEBOAT SHOP, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN 'IN BUSINESS' FOR TEN YEARS by Joyce Dunford MANY ARE THE WAYS of raising money for the RNLI, but one of the most unusual is the Edinburgh shop, rightly named 'The Lucky...
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