A similar course of events took place in Cumbria on 7 February 1996, when St Bees lifeboat was used to bring in food after supplies ran out. Crew members ferried bread, milk (and nappies!) to St.
Bees villagers - other...
ITS PAYMENTS AT A GLANCE How each £100 of the Institution's payments was made in 1958 £ s. d.
27 2 4 — — — New construction 36 16 1 — - —- —•- ———- Maintenance of life-boats and stations (including depot)...
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MAY 27TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
S.S. Registan, an auxiliary cruiser, was attacked and set on fire by four enemy aeroplanes, but the survivors were picked up by a motor boat from Sennen Cove and by...
A 15-foot-high stained glass window with life-boat and lighthouse themes - the work of Mr. Alfred L. Wilkinson, of Dovercourt, Essex, has been added to St.
Mary's Church, Isles of Scilly, through the generosity of Mr.... - View image in PDF
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FISHING COBLE TAKEN IN TOW St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 24th August, 1962, the principal keeper of the St.
Abbs Head lighthouse telephoned to say the local fishing coble Mary, which had...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—27th September, 1938. Very lights had been reported near the Hanois Lighthouse, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £9 Is..
Mrs Esme Edgar who, with her late husband Mr Anthony Edgar, funded the Arun class lifeboat Robert Edgar, on station St Mary's in the Scilly Isles..
Category: Obituaries
JULY 1992 John Kennedy, station honorary secretary of Lytham St Annes lifeboat from 1951 to 1976. He was awarded a Gold badge in 1975..
Category: Obituaries
JANUARY 7TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A fishing boat had fouled her propeller and been wrecked, but her crew were rescued by another fishing boat.- Rewards, £11 4s. 6d..
JUNE 12TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. An American aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but she was completely wrecked and the pilot killed. - Rewards, £9.