(Above, left) Mrs Antonia Wallace Heaton, honorary secretary of Kensington branch, with some of her enthusiastic Royal Navy helpers at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympia, last spring. During the exhibition Navy crews collected £207.98... - View image in PDF
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Medallists all, in order of presentation. In the foreground are Coxswain John King, of Bridlington, and Coxswain Michael Berry, of St Helier, Jersey, both of whom were awarded the silver medal for gallantry.. - View image in PDF
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The Fund Raising Committee of the Institution in session, September 9, 1975: (I. to r. standing) R. M.
Addison, R. N. Crumble, P. Howarth, Dr. F. Severne MacKenna, P. V. MacKinnon, J. R. Needham, R. L. Wessel, Commander E.... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Bill Bennett of the Dolau Inn, known to everyone as Maudie, comes from a seafaring family and has given so much help to the lifeboat service over many years that she has been made an honorary member of New Quay ladies' guild, Dyfed.... - View image in PDF
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Every year many delegates from overseas are welcomed at RNLI headquarters, Poole. One page from the visitors' book, covering just three weeks in March, 1979, records signatures of 12 visitors from the USA, Chile, China and the United... - View image in PDF
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A bag of money containing £1,250 was handed to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port after the younger members of Guernsey Yacht Club had competed in a bath tub race. Designs for racing bath tubs become more sophisticated every year... - View image in PDF
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Presentations . . . Brian Clark, National Organiser (Ireland), presents the silver badge to Madam Anne Rittweger, ladies secretary of Donaghadee Golf Club, in recognition for all she has done over many years for the Institution; in 1976... - View image in PDF
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Mo/lie Froom presents a centenary tapestry to Co.vswain Arthur Harman and Ken Broad, Clacton's honorary secretary; Jack t'room is on the left. In her tapestry, Mrs Froom embroidered the names of Clacton's lifeboats and coxswains... - View image in PDF
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Hats off to the Bronze Medallists, sweltering in their foul-weather gear on a very hot and sunny day. From left to right: David Wells, helmsman at Clactonon- Sea; Rick Tomlinson, photographer and ex-Port St Mary crew member; Peter Hodge,... - View image in PDF
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Former coxswain of Walton-on-the-Naze lifeboat, Mr Jonas Oxley, who has helped to save hundreds of lives at sea, is putting brush to canvas to record the work of the lifeboatmen. Early this year he completed a painting of Walton's first... - View image in PDF
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