Sprays of flowers from Walmer vice-chairman, Peter Broady (/.), and honorary secretary, Norman Cavell, for Schermuly and Pains- Wessex marchers (I. to r.) Barbara Skinner, Petra Mercer, Sue Roberts, Debbie Groom and Evelyn Luff.
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(Below) A visit to HQ operations room followed the opening ceremony. While Mrs Thatcher looks through lifeboat photographs, Mr Denis Thatcher signs the visitors' book.
With them are (I to r) Cdr George Cooper, deputy... - View image in PDF
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Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther: at a ceremony on February 17 five plaques commemorating the Scottish lifeboatmen from Fraserburgh, Arbroath, Broughty Ferry and Longhope who have lost their lives at sea since the end of World War II... - View image in PDF
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Crew Member Ron Jones, (c), of Port Talbot completed the Afan half marathon recently and thanks to the support of his friends collected £93 in sponsorship. Receiving the cheque is his station honorary secretary, David Aubrey, with (I)... - View image in PDF
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(Below) Raymond Baxter presented the RNLI's Public Relations awards at Earls Court. Pictured with their awards are (from left to right): Ronnie Cass of ITV's 'Highway'; Tom Me Sweeney of RTE ; Michael Corner of The Star... - View image in PDF
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The Eastbourne lifeboat Jane Hollandwas one of several RNLI boats involved in the Dunkirk evacuation. She was later found, adrift and badly damaged, and is pictured under repair. Mark Child of Collectors' Books would like to locate more... - View image in PDF
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Arbroath's Mersey class lifeboat Inchcape - seen here after her naming ceremony in 1994 - is a good example of the way in which a number of smaller legacies can be grouped together. 13 legacies, with an average value of £28.000 were... - View image in PDF
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One crew member from Newquay's D class can be seen at the edge of the breakers with one of the casualties, while another is pan-way up the cliff helping a second casualty.
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Rita Livesey, of Danish shoe company Ecco, hands over a £5,000 cheque to the RNLI's James Vaughan at the 2001 Southampton boat show. The company kindly donated €5 for every pair of 'Ocean Shoe' sold. The innovative sailing... - View image in PDF
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Main: Supporter Miss Olive Whitehead bequeathed the whole of her residuary estate to the lifeboat service with the request that it be used to fund a lifeboat named in memory of her parents.
The legacy amounted to around... - View image in PDF
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