A sponsored marathon dinghy race, originally due to last for 24 hours, was cut to 12 hours by high winds. The distance covered by entrants in the race, which was organised by Wyboston Sailing Club, ranged from 30 to 40 miles. More than £... - View image in PDF
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Slaughden, a mile and half south of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, was once a busy port. In the late 1950s, when this photograph was taken, the longshoremen there were advertising their various skills by means of painted signs.. - View image in PDF
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(1)—Coxswain Frank Bloom joined the Walton and Frinton, Essex, life-boat in 1946 and had one year under his father, who was also coxswain of the lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Frank became coxswain in 1964, replacing Jonah Oxley.. - View image in PDF
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More than 2,000 people attended a 'Three Bands' concert in London presented by the Lloyd's insurance broking firm J. H. Minet and Co. in aid of the RNLI. There was military and light music from the Band ofHM Royal Marine's... - 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,...
US Coast Guard Station on the Great Lakes With Crew Performing Capsize Drill In A Surf Boat. - View image in PDF
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Tonbridge Rotaract members dine in style aboard the Jesse Lumb at Duxford Airfield as part of their meal challenge.. - View image in PDF
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Swimming instruction at Port Talbot. George Cooper, then DI(west), demonstrates expired air method of resuscitation in the water.. - View image in PDF
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(Right) the rigid hull is divided into watertight compartments by five longitudinal wooden box girders and seven transverse watertight bulkheads . . .. - View image in PDF
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Voluntary Worker puts To Sea From The Rnli's Poole Depot After Her Naming and Dedication Ceremony On 23 September. - View image in PDF
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