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MR. R. C. BAVERSTOCK, the Assistant Secretary and Establishment Officer, has retired after forty-four years in the service of the Institution. He is succeeded by Mr. S. M. Whorlow.

Mr. Baverstock was appointed Assistant...

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TIMBER HALL WORKS THE SQUARE CATERHAM, SURREY, CR3...

C a m p b e l t o w n , Argyllshire.—7th August, 1938. A yacht had been reported capsized near Pladda, Arran, but nothing could be found. It was believed that basking sharks splashing about had been mistaken for the capsized yacht.—Rewards,...

IN October, 1936, Literature of the Life-boat, by Sir John Gumming, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., a vice-president-of the Institution, appeared as a supplement to; The Life-boat, and. a second part appeared a year later. In these two supplements Sir...

No mystery for Poirot! Despite the fact that they were filming a 'whodunnit' there was no mystery about the benefits to Salcombe lifeboat when a London Weekend Television film crew spent two weeks in the town.

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COVER PICTURE by Maggie Murray The four Bronze Medallists arrive at the Festival Pier before the Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards. Full details in the report on page 194 in this issue.

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SHORTLY after three in the afternoon of 2nd November, 1938, the coastguard at Cromer reported flashes and gun fire at sea. The firing shook the windows, and people, who crowded to the cliffs, could see the flashes. With binoculars, a large...

Dear Editor, Scanning the letters page of the summer 2005 issue of the Lifeboat, my eye was caught by the small photograph of the Selsey lifeboat towing a cabin cruiser. Though the doctored picture featuring fearless towrope-walker Max...