(Above) More than 2,000 people attended an open air Songs of Praise organised by St Austell branch at Charlestown Harbour on July 10. The service was led by the Reverend David Apps.
photograph by courtesy of C. H.... - View image in PDF
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Pictured: Back l-r Paul Spratt, Matthew Crow and Stewart Olley, the crew of the Vic and BHtie Whiften. Front l-r Launcher Matthew Fosset with the crew of the Ethel Royal, Michael Whistler and Tony Bonham. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 27TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
The Greek steamer Adamantios J. Pithis, of Chios, had been totally wrecked at St. Ann’s Head, but a naval patrol vessel had picked up the crew. - Rewards, £8 18s.
YACHT'S CREW SEE FLARES FROM FISHING BOAT Weymouth, Dorset. At 1.47 on the afternoon of the 24th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been reported west of White Nothe, Ringstead...
Caught out ON THE MORNING of Thursday January 31 a fleet of fishing boats sailed from Hartlepool in comparatively good weather which, however, deteriorated fast. Within an hour, a near gale, force 7, had blown up from the east north east...
(Below) Hunstanton: The scene at Old Hunstanton during the naming of the Atlantic 21 Spirit of America. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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For generations, people have been tombstoning off cliffs. On 22 July last year, five boys ignored warnings and jumped into treacherous waters
Towards the end of a long day’s work on Portreath Beach, Cornwall, Senior...
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FOUR COBLES ESCORTED TO SAFETY Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 8.16 on the morning of the 24th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four cobles were still at sea in worsening weather conditions.
At 8...
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT ARRANMORE DECEMBER 7TH. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. In the early morning a message was received at the lifeboat station on Arranmore Island, off the north-west coast of Ireland, that a vessel, in convoy, had gone on a...
• Much in demand in recent years but soon out of print after its appearance in 1958, Cyril Jolly's book HenryBlogg ofCromer (George Harrap.
£1.90) has been reprinted with the usual...
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