Mr. Michael Constable, of Bridlington, Yorkshire, who is chief engineer of the m.v. Rangitoto, has turned his hobby of lapidary—collecting stones and pebbles—into profit for the R.N.L.I. During voyages he polishes stones and pebbles to... - View image in PDF
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Artist Tony Hart of BBC TV's 'Vision On' programme spent almost two hours making lightning sketches at a coffee morning organised by Guildford branch in the city's Guildhall last September. The sketches were sold for £1... - View image in PDF
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Whitstable: On Saturday July 9 a new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat was handed over by Mr and Mrs Todd of the British Sub Aqua Club to Raymond Baxter, a member of the Committee of Management, who, in turn, handed her over to... - View image in PDF
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Launches 61 Lives rescued 72
FEBRUARY 1ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 12.24 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen four miles south-west-by-west of Clacton pier, and half an hour later...
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This magnificent model of an American steam engine of the 1870s was made by Mr E. W.
Sheppard of Sherwood, Nottingham, seen here running the engine for children's rides.
Mr Sheppard turned his hand to... - View image in PDF
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At the South East District Conference George A. Hodgkins (r.), vice-president ofReigate and Redhill branch, presented a cheque for £10,000 to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, KCB, chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, watched by the... - View image in PDF
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practical demonstrations: on steering (right), with Coxswain John Dare; in seamanship on the after deck (left) with Crew Member John Sheldon;. - View image in PDF
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Geoff Mears, second coxswain of Exmouth lifeboat, and Bill Parkhouse, area manager of Watney's, push over a column of two pence pieces at the Exeter Inn, Topsham.
Worth £515.96l/2 (£463.56 around the column in... - View image in PDF
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Afternoon: Shoreline member No. I , Sir Alec Rose (r.) hands over to Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Committee of Management, a Rather-shaped cheque for £101,000, the result of the Shoreline appeal which will go towards the... - View image in PDF
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In the February blizzards when East Anglia roads were blocked by huge snowdrifts, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Khami launched to take three patients, one a girl of 14, up the River Yare to Norwich for urgent... - View image in PDF
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