Happy new year! With fresh new (RNLI Shop) diaries in hand, we’re making plans for the year ahead. And 2019 is shaping up to be a busy one.
So what happens when an RNLI coxswain or a mechanic needs to plan some well-earned...
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COXSWAIN RICHARD JONES of Holy- head died on the 13th of November, 1955, at the age of 56. He first joined the Holy head crew in 1915 and he became bowman in 1930. He was appointed coxswain in 1937 and for the last 17 years held this...
Category: Obituaries
Children from Farndon County Primary school near Wrexham held a coffee morning and raised £266. The picture shows pupils with Richard Polden, deputy regional organiser for Wales and committee member Margaret... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Left: Don endures the hair-raising event and, above, as he used to look.. - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Dave Kennett takes the Relief Arun class Margaret Russell Fraser across Christchurch Bay. - View image in PDF
Conditions in the area were far worse during the Bronze medal service. (Photo Malory Maltby). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
ALONE IN YACHT At 12.58 p.m. on 2ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht with one man aboard was reported to be in distress 35 miles south-east of Lizard lighthouse, and was asking for a tow to Penzance....
AFFINITY WITH Royal Bank of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you make.
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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...
Hastings, Sussex. On the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, while the Hastings regatta was taking place, news was received that a small dinghy belonging to the local angling association was lying some distance off shore and mak- ing no headway...
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