Eastbourne, Sussex - At 3.53 p.m.
on 3ist October, 1966, news was received that one of the local angling club's rowing boats was missing. She had last been seen drifting west, off Beachy Head, with two men on board. The...
WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE LIFE-BOATS The principal reason why people support the Royal National Life-boat Institution is that it saves lives irrespective of nationality, colour or creed. The second most important reason is that the R.N.L.I,...
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Front Row (left to right) : The Master of Sempill, Sir Malcolm Campbell, the Bishop of Durham, H.R.H. Princess Louise, the Prince of Wales. Sir Godfrey Baring. Bt., the Right Hon. A. V. Alexander, M.P.
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The Story of the Barmouth Lifeboats by Jeff Morris A recent addition to the series of comprehensive booklets from the prolific Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society, this time chronicling the history of Barmouth's...
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Mark Coleman (left) of E. P. Barrus presents RNLI Director Brian Miles with one of three detailed commemorative replica model of Lawnflite, the D class inshore lifeboat donated by Barrus to the RNLI during the London Boat Show 1996.
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NOVEMBER 20TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At 11.10 A.M. a steamer was seen to be aground on Robin Rigg Bank, about five miles north of Maryport. A W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. Visibility was very bad. At 11...
(The Chief Inspector of Life-boats is on the Prince's left, and the Secretary of the Institution and Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey behind.). - View image in PDF
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Boat Insurance for Shoreline Members (and other lifeboat' readers) Temple Insurance Brokers Ltd., specialist Marine Craft Insurance Brokers, Members of the British Insurance Brokers Association, are pleased to offer Shoreline Members and...
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The children of High Bank Nursery School, Swinton, Manchester, and their parents raised £293.50 for the RNLI in memory of their late head teacher, Miss Constance M.
Hardman; while the children pile into their... - View image in PDF
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Twelfth RNLI lottery winners BRUCE PARKER, a regular presenter of BBC South Today, came to Poole headquarters on April 30 to make the draw for the RNLl's twelfth national lottery. A Channel Islander who grew up on the Isle of Wight,...
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