"THE lads are afloat, they have launched the boat Where the moaning storm-birds- flew; Oh, wife, from the shores they cry, ' One more, With strong, steady hand, and true I' There are lives to save On the frothing wave— ' One...
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Books . . .
• Every now and again a book is added to the lifeboat library which can be recognised at once as a 'classic'. Such is A Source Book of Lifeboats by Ray Kipling (Ward Lock, £3.50). Few people can...
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The 52-foot Arm class life-boat on a visit to London in June, 1971, when she was moored at Decca Pier near Lambeth Bridge. She was built at Messrs. William Osborne's yard at LMlehampton, the hull was designed by Mr. J. A. McLachlan ofG.... - View image in PDF
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AT THE TIME of writing we have over 12,000 subscribing members and new enrolments average 12 per working day.
Already subscriptions are making a worthwhile addition to the funds required by the RNLI. Our aim is to reach a...
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R-eel-y good deed The crew of Cullercoats inshore lifeboat went to the aid of an unusual casualty in March - a 7ft conger eel! The 70lb fish, named Queenie, was given a flying start on her journey to the spawning grounds of the Azores, when...
Below (l-r): Phill Cummins, Ray Brown and Barry Chick. - View image in PDF
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 16th May, 1961, the signal station reported that the yacht Overlord, which had a crew of six, had been dismasted thirty miles west of Hanois lighthouse and that the tanker Volvatella...
On 4 August 2010, Sue went to dinner at a house rented by some visitors. She says: ‘As I walked back home about 1am along a narrow track, I turned my ankle and heard the bone snap. I had to inch my way up the steep hill back to the house,...
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