SEPTEMBER 18TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
The No. 2 motor life-boat Lucy Lavers was launched at 4.20 P.M. to search for a barrage balloon which was adrift some three miles E. by N. of Aldeburgh. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing...
JAN. 1 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.18 A.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that flares had been seen about six miles south-east from Ramsgate.
A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea and squalls of...
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BOULMER MA R C H 2 7 T H . - B O U L M E R , NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the night of the 26th of March a large steamer was seen to be on fire off the Northumbrian coast...
RUNNING A SHOW THIS YEAR? HERE'S HOW TO MAKE IT MORE PROFITABLE By selling Sports days Fetes Open days Gymkhanas Scrambles Carnivals. Bazaars.
Barbecues. Pageants Regattas. Displays ice cream You collect and return...
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Some members of Oxton and Claughton RNLI branch, Merseyside, before the start of a 'cheap and cheerful evening' at which they raised £444.
Since the branch was reformed in 1978 it has been responsible for... - View image in PDF
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Although Bexhill-on-Sea has had committees for many years, it was not until last Summer that a membership scheme was launched.
The branch is already 200 strong and its first fundraising event achieved £1,020 at the... - View image in PDF
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Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
The following is a list of the cases in which Rewards have been granted for sav- ing life, during the year 1851-2, laid be- fore the Annual Meeting in accordance with ' Rule 13 of the Institution.
Jan. 2.—The emigrant...
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THK Barmouth, Merionethshire, IRB on 21st June, 1971, was requested to help in evacuating a badly injured woman who had fallen down cliff's at Friog. In view of the prevailing weather conditions the life-boat was ordered to be launched...
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A mare story with a snappy ending! Racehorses rescued during floods AC rocodile making its way lazily down the hallway of a flooded home gave lifeboatman Kevin Keillor the shock of his life..
On 26 April 2000, Kevin and...