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Sleuth Hound
Two men who had gone out at 1 P.M. on the 23rd June for a few hours' pleasure fishing in the motor boat Sleuth Hound were overtaken by a thick fog. As they did not return it was thought that they had landed somewhere along the coast, but...
People and Places
Comedian Les Dennis, who was appearing in 'Don't Dress for Dinner' at the Pier Theatre in Bournemouth, drew the winning tickets of the RNLI's 62nd national lottery at the Pier Approach on 31 July...
Category: Articles
Latch & Batchelor Ltd
STAINLESS STEEL ROPE FOR RIGGING NOMINAL DIAMETER Milli- Inches metres (appro*) STANDING RIGGING RUNNING RIGGING MINIMUM B R E A K I N G LOAD (LBS) 2 2-5 3 4 5 6 7 5/64" 1/8" 5/32" 3/1 6" 1 '4" 9 32" 5,1...
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Mother and son celebrate
Anne Noonan was 20 years old when she gave birth to her son aboard a merchant ship lying off the Cornish coast. The Fravizo had no doctor aboard so her Captain requested that Anne and baby Tim be taken ashore for a...
Category: Articles
Temple Insurance
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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Stuck fast, then footloose
Hartlepool crew battled to save a 16-year-old boy stuck waist-deep in sand with a rapidly rising tide on 30 September 2011. The boy had got his foot caught when helping two younger members of his family from the water. The crew used a hose...
Category: Articles
Burry Port Ladies' Guild Put on a Memorable Performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Last Christmas Produced By Janet Cross With a Large Cast of Youngsters W
Burry Port ladies' guild put on a memorable performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs last Christmas, produced by Janet Cross with a large cast of youngsters. With only a one-night stand, tickets were sold out weeks in advance and a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annalivia
A YACHT UNDER OBSERVATION in the River Mersey approach channel in the vicinity of C13 Buoy was reported to the honorary secretary of New Brighton ILB station by Formby Coastguard at 1655 on Saturday, October 23, 1976. It was foreseen that,...
Thoughtful, of Sunderland
On the 11th January, the brig Thoughtful, of Sun- derland, bound from that port to London with coals, dragged her anchors, and came on shore during a gale of wind from the E.N.E. and heavy sea. The Yarmouth surf life-boat was quickly...