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Six 600mm diameter tubular steel piles were driven on each side to support the new galvanised steel substructure which was built up before the decayed timber was cut away.. - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 6TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 7.17 in the morning a message came from the Walmer coastguard that a large steamer was aground on the Goodwin Sands. The lifeboat crew were asked to stand by. This they did all day. At 7.12 in the evening the...
Walkers line up in front of Worthing pier, ready to begin earning sponsorship for their local branch. The Mayor and Mayoress of Worthing, Harrv and Stella Yates, were among the participants and around £1,000 was raised as a result. This... - View image in PDF
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Glenys Foster, President and founder member of the Lincoln ladies lifeboat guild. Mrs Foster, a life governor, also served as chairman, secretary, treasurer and box secretary of the guild. She was awarded the silver badge in 1983 and...
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May 1998 Frank Hayes, full time mechanic of Poole lifeboat. He became assistant mechanic in 1946 with promotion to part time mechanic in 1952 and was full time between 1962 and 1974. Frank was previously awarded a certificate of service and...
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Hilti Industries of West Bromwich supported two of their managers, Martin Parker and Jim Coombes (who is also a member of the Stourbridge branch) by sponsoring them in a 24- hour deep sea fish to raise funds for Aberdovey lifeboat..
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ABOUT eight in the morning of 20th December, 1938,' the life-boat watch- man at Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, reported that he could see a schooner apparently at anchor near Splaugh Rocks. An easterly gale was blowing, with a very...
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TORQUAY.—At 11 A.M. on the 14th October it was reported that the fishing smack Black Cat, of Paignton, was hanging on to her nets, in great danger,' off that place, having been in that positionsince the commencement of the gale, which...
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFB-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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