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With the recession, volcanic ash, and concerns for the environment, more people are taking holidays closer to home, especially to walk our coastal paths. What is the impact on the RNLI?
Waves crashing on a sandy beach or...
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Free Lance
JUNE 9TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.
About 10.40 at night it was reported that the naval cadet boat Free Lance (a converted life-boat) was dragging her anchors north of New Brighton pier. A fresh westerly wind was blowing,...
Points Castle, of Swansea
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.—- At 12.45 P.M. on the 21st June a message was received that a vessel was on the rocks on the east side of the Old Head of Kinsale. The sea was smooth but there was a very thick fog. The motor life-boat...
Fat-Free Cheque
Fat-free cheque The Exmouth branch received a cash boost of £2,000 from the nationwide slimming club organisation 'Slimmer'.
The organisation's central administration office is in Exmouth and when funds... - View image in PDF
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The Rnli's Pro Edward Wake-Walker Receives a Commemorative Medal from Her Majesty the Queen After His Return from the Usa
The RNLI's PRO, Edward Wake-Walker receives a commemorative medal from Her Majesty the Queen after his return from the USA.. - View image in PDF
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(Right) Roy Caws of Cowes Base Explains the Finer Points of a D Class Inflatable to a Visitor at Cowes
(Right) Roy Caws of Cowes Base Explains The Finer Points of A D Class Inflatable To A Visitor at Cowes. - View image in PDF
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The Cross-Channel Ferry Free Enterprise VIII
Reported missing DOVER STRAIT COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Dover lifeboat station at 1915 on Sunday, November 7, 1976, that a man had been reported missing and assumed overboard from the cross-Channel ferry Free Enterprise...
Clacton Co-Operative Band Was Just One of the Attractions on Clacton Pier for a Highly Successful 'Charity Nile' Last June Free Rides on the Funfair Cabaret and Two Fre
Clacton Co-operative Band was just one of the attractions on Clacton Pier for a highly successful 'Charity Nile' last June. Free rides on the funfair, cabaret and two free dolphin shows helped to make the evening a success. More than... - View image in PDF
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Arun Is a Prototype 52-Foot Fully Self-Righting Life-Boat Built to Satisfy the Need for a Faster Design the Second Prototype Will Have Reduced Free-Board Amidships
Arun is a prototype 52-foot fully self-righting life-boat, built to satisfy the need for a faster design. The second prototype will have reduced free-board amidships.. - View image in PDF
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Pet
SWANSEA.—The coxswain of the Lifeboat received a telegram from the harbour master at Port Talbot shortly before 5 P.M. on the 1st December, stating that a vessel was ashore on Port Talbot bar.
The wind was blowing from the...