RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 6th March, at about 6.80 P.M., the trawler, Emerald Isle, of Whitehaven, which had been beating about in the bay for about three hours, evidently waiting for water, suddenly made for the harbour mouth, and...
Hush money: during one Monday in July Lang/on County Primary School, Ma/ton, North Yorkshire, must have been the quietest school in the country. A sponsored silence was held, with junior pupils being quiet for an hour while the infants kept... - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 19TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. A vessel had been reported ashore on Tiree Island, but the lifeboat’s help was not needed and the call was cancelled. Her crew were three short, and these places were filled by three naval...
Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 5.50 p.m. on 7th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with engine failure was almost aground on Boiler Reef. The lifeboat City of Glasgow II proceeded at 6.7 in a h'ght...
SPEED-BOAT TOWED At 2 p.m. on i6th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor yacht Whiffle was in danger of being swamped one mile and a half south-east of Lulworth hi a fresh to strong west-south-westerly wind...
SAILING DINGHY BEACHED AFTER CAPSIZE Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 24th August, 1962, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half north-east of Arklow harbour. The...
The. decorations were designed by a member of the Institution's staff, and at night the house was lit up with the floodlights used at its boathouses.. - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 15TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 4.50 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a motor fishing vessel near the Wallet Spit Buoy was flashing signals and might be in need of help, and the motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden...
MCH. 15TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The motor life-boat Frederick andEmma, which was placed at Amble when that life-boat station was reopened at the beginning of 1939, received her first service call at 8.30 A.M. She put...
MFl Homeworks stores on the south coast joined forces to help the RNLI with a donation of furniture worth £900. Poole lifeboat crew members were delighted to receive 25 chairs from Vijay Mistry, regional sales manager, who was joined by... - View image in PDF
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