Cyclists gather round the camp fire. - View image in PDF
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August Beatrice Allen MBE. former president of Whitefield branch. Mrs Allen joined the RNLI in 1914 as a volunteer in Whalley Range, Manchester before moving to Whitef ietd more than 50 years ago - she was awarded the silver badge 30 years...
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Mr. C. J. H. Thornhill, of Stanbrook and Thornhill, Holland Street, London, writes: I have kept a life-boat collecting box on my yacht (a smack built in 1894) for a year and during that period, by merely rattling it around the crew at...
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In a New Year's Day's tug-of-war, Beaumaris lifeboat crew (left) beat the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club for the second year running. As the two teams got their breath back John Berry presented a cheque for £1,200 to Mrs Nancy Lomax,... - View image in PDF
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'In September, 1922 . . . the Prince David, was sent to her station at Barry Dock.'. - View image in PDF
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A. R. Pari Huws is researching the history of the 32ft Surf Lifeboat class (see letter above) and is particularly interested in details of the unusual Hotchkiss Internal Cone propulsion system used on many of the class.
The... - View image in PDF
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Years Ago The following is an extract from the speech by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt (Chairman of the RNLI, 1923-56) at the 1935 Annual General Meeting and reported in THE LIFEBOAT of June 1935.
and then had to go on to New...
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Open house The RNLI’s Headquarters in Poole, Dorset, is opening to the public on 21 and 22 July 2007.
This is a golden opportunity to see behind the scenes at The Lifeboat College, tour the different classes of lifeboat,... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 29TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 2.45 P.M. the armed patrol yacht Boyne Water, which was anchored in St. Tudwalls Roads, signalled for a doctor, and Dr. Lloyd Hughes, of Abersoch, asked the life-boat to take...
The Walmer life-boat at the stern of the Dutch coaster Hunzeborg after the latter had been in collision with a Greek ship near the Goodwin Sands on 13th August, 1966. - View image in PDF
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