The ladies of Alderney lifeboat guild marked the RNLI's anniversary with a sellout Birthday Bash Dinner and Auction of Promises which raised some £5,000.. - View image in PDF
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Correct method of holding an Icarus rocket for firing (the firing lever is shown in its cocked position at the base of the right-hand thumb).. - View image in PDF
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Presentations of Public Relations awards were made by Raymond Baxter to (I to r) Coxswain Joe Martin of Hastings, Chris Larkin from BASH, Charles Fowkes of Hamlvns and David Trotter (with his daughter Helen).. - View image in PDF
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As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
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For one day during London lifeboat week in hoth 1977 and 1978.
Peter Elgar, a Shoreline member, set up a stand at British Airways Engineering West Base. Heathrow Airport, using his own boat as centrepiece. In 1977 he and... - View image in PDF
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Drowning is a silent epidemic that claims an estimated 360,000 lives
every year, many of them children. This summer, we brought this to the attention of world leaders, with a photographic exhibition at the UN Headquarters in New...
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The presentation of a cheque for £949.70 was the result of a sponsored run from RAF Sciimpton in Lincolnshire to Brighton, made by personnel from the RAF Base. The journey, made over two days last June, was run in relays of three.... - View image in PDF
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Representatives from H.M.S. Eagle handing over £650 in cash to Commander E. F. Pritchard, R.N., Deputy Appeals Secretary of the R.N.L.I., to provide two sets of R/T equipment for ILBs. The money was the result of fund-raising efforts by... - View image in PDF
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HRH The Duke of Kent visited the Institution's London base in The Marine Society's premises, Lambeth, last March to attend a meeting of the Committee of Management, the first such meeting ever to be addressed by the President.... - View image in PDF
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Left to right: M. C. Walsh, Motor Mechanic T. Sliney, Second Coxswain J. L. Walsh, J. S Sliney, Coxswain Patrick Sliney, T D Walsh, W. Sliney.. - View image in PDF
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