Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 8th of January, 1956, anxiety was felt for the safety of the local fishing boat Pilot Me II, as the weather was worsening. The life-boat crew assembled, but at 6.30 the coast- guard rang...
Money-raising for the R.N.L.I, sometimes begins accidentally, as Mr. S.J. Roberts discovered at the Earls Court Radio Show in September. Mr, Roberts, a member of the Institution's staff, is also honorary secretary of the Gauge i Model...
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THE Organising Secretary for Greater London was the guest of the Stoke Newington Rotary Club, on October 3rd. The Vice-President of the Club was in the chair, as the President was that day crossing to Belgium. During the lunch the following...
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THE LIFE-BOAT SERVICE OFF THE TYNE, NORTHUMBERLAND. [From the "Illustrated London News."
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On the night of the 2nd November, at 10 P.M., blowing a heavy gale from the north, signals of distress were seen from Lowestoft: the life-boat was at once launched through a heavy surf, and pro- ceeded under sail to the spot, where the...
Clovelly, Devon-At 10.50 p.m. on 16th June, 1968, it was learnt that acabin cruiser from Bideford was fogbound in Barnstaple bay. Twenty minutes later the coastguard requested the assistance of the life-boat to search for the boat. The...
Mrs V. R Davison, chairman of Sunderland ladies' guild, 'fits' a jersey to William Milburn, coxswain of Sunderland lifeboat.
When the crew needed new jerseys, the ladies' guild gave tubes of Smarties to... - View image in PDF
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The Humber, Yorkshire.—29th April.
A steamer reported by wireless that she had been in collision with the Bull lightvessel, but the life-boat found that the light-vessel did not need help.— Permanent paid crew..
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NORTH DEAL.—A new life-boat station has been established by the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, at the north end of the town of Deal on the Kentish coast, as it was thought that a life-boat placed there might be useful on occasions of wrecks...
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