Kenneth Colley, who was appearing in the play 'Scenes from a Voyage to the Indies' at Nottingham Playhouse, presents a cheque for £500 to Colin Westland-Garnetl (ct, honorary secretarv of Nottingham and District branch, and... - View image in PDF
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HOLYHEAD.—On the 8th May news was brought by a steamer that a three-masted schooner was wrecked on the Skerries.
The Life -boat Thomas Fielden was manned at 9 A.M., was towed by the steamer to the scene of the disaster, and...
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 27th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Margaret Ann was at sea. There was a strong north-easterly wind with a rough sea,...
Rubbish recovered from the bottom of the River Cam raised £500 in sponsorship, half of which was donated to the RNLI; the sub aqua junk hunters were members of Cambridge University's Underwater Exploration Group whose haul included... - View image in PDF
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LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st December to 29th February: Launches 201, lives saved 67 DECEMBER No. 3 Life-boat Area Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 8.49 p.m.
on 16th December, 1967, the coastguard informed...
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A Fine Cromer Service.
" 'Tis not in mortals to command success," though none deserve it better than a Life-boat crew, battling with the elements for the lives of their fellowmen.
It is our...
FURTHER AWARD Longhope, Orkneys. On 3rd~4th January, 1964, the Longhope life-boat rescued nine men from the Aberdeen trawler Ben Barvas. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 23, the awards included that of a silver...
Shoreline's BMW car competition was won by Squadron Leader P. L. Whitaker (I.). The car was presented to him at Poole a few days after the draw by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston (r.), a deputy chairman of the Committee of Management... - View image in PDF
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The Scarborough life-boat J, G. Graves of Sheffield going out on service.. - View image in PDF
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The first Waveney, 44-001, is going to the National Lifeboat Co/lection at Chatham. She is pictured here on trials in December 1964.. - View image in PDF
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