PL*: you may choose another boxed set for just £5.99 (plus £1.99 p&p) ELVIS PRESLEY The Essential 60s ThrsS CD boned M picks upinNislnnileMinlilWOfter (Ms returned home from G*rm»r y - and tiles in Though ro iis...
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Two saved by brothers andjifeboat The quick thinking of two young men who were about to take a swim in the Teign estuary undoubtedly saved the life of at least one of two people who were thrown into the water when their small outboardpowered...
TOW FOR MOTOR BOAT IN THICK FOG St. Mary's, Scilly Isles. At 7.50 on the evening of the 7th June, 1963, the coxswain learnt that the motor boat Phantee, with two people on board, had gone out fishing at five o'clock and had not yet...
NORTH BERWICK - "This new building for the lifeboat crew, built on the site of a shop, fits remarkably well into the existing conservation area streetscape. Externally, traditional materials have been used to good effect Great care and... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Elsie Farr. honorary life president of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society and widow of Grahame Farr. Mr Farr was honorary archivist of the LBES and after his death she took over the task of providing information from the archives and...
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50 years ago the RNLI linked the Battle of Britain with the Isle of Man Fifty years ago this autumn, at a little before 10 o'clock on Tuesday 3 September 1940, the emotionless voice of an airfield controller scrambled a small group of...
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AT 8 p.m. on Sunday, iyth November, 1963, the honorary secretary of the Mumbles life-boat station, Captain C.
E. Mock, received an anticipatory mes- sage from the Mumbles coastguard.
This stated that the...
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INJURED SPANIARD Scarborough, Yorkshire. At n a.m.
on 8th October, 1963, a message was received from the coastguard stating that a man was seriously ill aboard the Spanish ship Uribitate, of Bilbao, and needed a doctor. The...
Bronze Medal Ciaran Doyle of the Garcia Underwater Unit for the long and ardous service m which three casualties were rescued from a cave off Horse Island, near Ballyglass in severe conditions - see this issue of The Lifeboat for a full... - View image in PDF
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MAY 20TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At about 7.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea south of Ramsey Island, and the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 6 was launched at 8.19 P.M. and...