The boat was very quickly and efficiently recovered by a horde of enthusiastic helpers, in pouring rain and gale force winds, under the expert coordination of the head launcher, Ronald White.
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THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 291 Life-boat Stations...
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THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 288 Life-boat Stations...
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THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 295 Life-boat Stations...
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A group of 8- to 13-year-old children living in the Llandegai area of North Wales planned and ran a mini-fete in Dr and Mrs Tideman s garden last September, raising £52 for the lifeboat service. In the photograph are Heather, Susy and... - View image in PDF
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PLYMOUTH and YEALM RIVER.—On the night of the 28th of January the Plymouth Life-boat Clemency and the Yealm River Life-boat Bowman went out in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque Wellington, of Windsor, N.S. The wind was blowing...
Two capsizes A SMALL COBLE, John Dory, with four anglers on board was reported capsized close inshore off Cullercoats, l'/2 miles north of Tyne Piers, on Sunday morning February 22. The message came toTyne Coastguard from the coble...
THE Annual Meeting of this Society was held on the 25th May last, at Willis's Rooms, under the chairmanship of his Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, President of the Society. There were also present a large number of the friends and...
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ON the 8th of August of last year the Shoreham Harbour Life-boat went out in a strong south-westerly gale to a yacht which could be seen three miles out at sea, and pursued her for twelve miles along the coast as she drove before the gale....
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• In good time for Christmas is another addition to the popular 'People at Work' books in the Ladybird 'Easy-Reading' series nownumbering over 290 titles covering a wide range of subjects and reading ages. It is The Life-boat...
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