and (left) the following week was taken to sea by Crew Members Peter Evans (I.) and John Clowes for an inspection of the river as part of a drive to improve local lifesaving facilities.. - View image in PDF
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0800 on a January morning. Sarah To wnsend Porritt is safely home on her moorings and the crew can disperse. On extreme left, the author, Wallace Lister Barber; second from right, Coxswain Arthur Wignall.. - View image in PDF
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Henry 'Joyful' West (second from r) helps to carry the woman survivor from Lucy ashore. He was awarded the RNLI's thanks on vellum for his part in this rescue.. - View image in PDF
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The first D class JLB to be funded from the stamp appeal organised by Barrie Smale, 17 Station Road, Okehampton, Devon, is stationed at Holyhead. She is seen here with crew members and shore helpers on the day a commemorative plaque was... - View image in PDF
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In the summer issue of the journal it was reported that Blyth lifeboat, RNLB Shoreline, accompanied Newcastle circumnavigator David Scott Cowper's yacht Ocean Bound in to Blyth for a reception at the Royal Northumberland Yacht... - View image in PDF
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THE month of October ended with, a week of strong winds rising at times to gales, which reached their climax on the 28th and 29th. On those two days it blew a severe gale from the south and west over Southern Ireland, England and Wales,...
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aldeburgh, Suffolk Amble, Northumberland Angle, Pembrokeshire Arranmore, Co. Donegal Baltimore, Co. Cork Barmouth, Merionethshire Barrow, Lancashire Barry Dock, Glamorganshire Bembridge, Isle of Wight Blackpool,...
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Radar is being fitted to more and more R.N.L.I. boats and in the top picture Coxswain James Turpin, of the Fowey, Cornwall, life-boat Deneys Reitz, which was built in 1954, is shown operating the Decca 050 display.. - View image in PDF
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Ernie Wise, who was himself once in the Merchant Service, makes the fifth RNLI national lottery draw. With him (I. to r.) are Fred Williams, appeals office supervisor, Joyce Pearce who organises the lottery at HQ, Cdr E. F. Pritchard,... - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth flag day last summer achieved a record of over £3,000. Paul Daniels, star of 'Summer Magic', at the Britannia Pier, helped sell souvenirs nonstop for two hours, bringing the sale for the day to... - View image in PDF
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