TOOK OVER TOW Salcombe, Devon. At 11.20 a.m. on 4th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was in tow of a steam ship two miles south of Bolt Head and the life-boat was asked to take over the tow. There was a...
BARGE WAS TOWED At 2.30 p.m. on 8th November, 1964, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a boat had fired a red flare while in a choppy sea on the Outer Carrs. At 2.40, three hours before high water, the lifeboat Richard Ashley was...
Salcombe, Devon - At 5.50 p.m. on 5th August, 1966, it was reported that a woman had fallen from a cliff path at Moorsands near Prawle. The life-boat The Baltic Exchange left her moorings at 6.12 with her boarding boat in tow. There was a...
Anstruther, Fife - At 4.36 p.m. on i6th March, 1967, a message was received that the wife of one of the light-keepers on May Island required urgent medical attention. The life-boat The Doctors launched at 4.50 with a doctor on...
Sundcrland, Co. Durham - At 12.47 p.m. on 4th June, 1967, news was received that a motor fishing vessel two to three miles off Sunderland was flying distress signals. At 1.6 the life-boat William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers was launched in a...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 4.10 p.m. on iyth June, 1967, a message was received that the yacht Snark had been swept on to Gunfleet sands following engine trouble. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 4.25 in a moderate east north...
Twenty rescued CAPE COAST, a 2,650 ton Panamanian cargo vessel, broadcast on Channel 16 VHP at 0327 on Wednesday January 10 that she was in distress and taking water in her engine room; she was 2.2 miles from Nab Tower on a bearing of...
Coxswain Joe Martin of Hastings was awarded his town's highest honour when, on October 31, 1984, at a civic ceremony he was presented with The Order of 1066.
Mayor of Hastings, Councillor R. Saunders, praised Joe... - View image in PDF
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Sing a song of sixpence: the magic of nursery rhymes is certainly not lost on the children of Tain playgroup and nursery unit. They took part in a sponsored nursery rhyme recital and raised a magnificent £1,045 for Invergordon lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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The 1986 North Sunderland harbour fete was officially opened by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland, seen here accepting a bouquet from Karla-Elise Reay, grand-daughter of branch secretary Robert Reay. Torrential rain half an hour before... - View image in PDF
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