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I wonder if you can pass on my good wishes to those three lifeguards who saved the lives of the 40 children and teachers on the beach with the disappearing sandbank. The Summer holidays would have been...
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Aztec
A run saves fishing vessel in storm force windsAservice last September by Thurso's Arun class lifeboat in very heavy weather and with only one engine fully operational has earned her coxswain, Second Coxswain William Munroe,...
Photographic Competition
THE first prizes in the Institution's photographic competition, the terms of which were announced in the September 1961 number of the Life- boat, have been awarded to :— MR. A. E. TURNER, honorary treasurer of the New Romney and Romney...
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Walking the Pier:
Walking the pier: Lennie Denton walked up and down Southend Pier for 24 hours to raise money for a new winch to launch Southend lifeboat. He aimed to beat the world 24-hour walk record of 133 miles 21 yards but despite his cracking pace he... - View image in PDF
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How Can I Help the Institution?
The continuation of the article " How can I help the Institution ? A Note for keen Honorary Secretaries and Workers," by Mr. George F. Shee, Secretary of the Institution, will appear in the November issue of The...
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Torquay Sea Cadet Corps
Torquay Sea Cadet Corps raised £200 in a day with a teddy bear raffle.
Here their chairman, Mr P. Carter, hands over the proceeds to Coxswain Arthur Curnow of Torbay lifeboat. On the left is Captain Barry Anderson,... - View image in PDF
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British Geological Marine Survey Unit
Representatives of the British Geological Marine Survev Unit are seen presenting a cheque for £1,300 to Coxswain Peter Murray of the Anstrttther lifeboat. The monev is to go towards the Doctors Appeal and is one of many donations given... - View image in PDF
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Richard Hawkins
Richard Hawkins joined Dover lifeboat crew in 1959; he was an assistant motor mechanic at Dover from 1974 before being appointed coxswain/ mechanic of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston in 1976.
He was awarded the thanks of the... - View image in PDF
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International Boat Show (From Page 129)
ings to the RNLI, his Christmas cards proving particularly popular (350,000 mantelpieces must have been the brighter for them last Christmas); Alan Jones, Secretary and Exhibition Organiser of National Boat Shows, who has consistently given...
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Picturesque Postcard
Readers may be interested in this postcard photograph of Douglas lifeboat. It is one of several that came into the possession of my wife, Manx by birth, from her immediate family.
Although the lifeboat pictures are not... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs