(Left) The 35ft 6in Liverpool class lifeboat Aguila Wren, on station at Aberystwyth from 1951 to 1964, returning from a service call.. - View image in PDF
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Presentation of North Sunderland station branch's 150th anniversary vellum was made last November by the Duke of Northumberland (r. of vellum) at a gathering of crew, branch and guild members at Hamburgh Castle Hotel, Seahouses. The... - View image in PDF
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Launches 22. Lives rescued 17.
MAY 4TH.. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. Early in the morning , information was received from the coastguard that signals had been seen seven to eight miles N.N.W. of Kinnaird Head, and at...
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Four generations were involved in Seaview, Isle of Wight, flag day last summer. Amanda and Jeremy Millett (above), on holiday, spent four hours walking the foreshore, helped by their parents and grandparents, Mr and Mrs P. G. Wickens. Their... - View image in PDF
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branch, unveiled a commemorative plaque recording that the ILB had been funded from a special RNLI 150th anniversary appeal organised by Truro. Standing with Mrs Jenkins is the honorary secretary of Bude ILB station branch, Mr S. W. Whateley... - View image in PDF
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A 15 year old youth ran up to a group of fishermen by the harbour at Dunbar, East Lothian, and told them that his brother had been washed off the rocks at the harbour entrance.
Coxswain Robert Brunton, who was present with...
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THE FIRST 'specialist holiday' long weekend for lifeboat enthusiasts, held at Skidden House Hotel in March, proved to be a great success. The party visited St Ives, Sennen Cove, Lizard- Cadgwith and Penlee lifeboat stations, meeting... - View image in PDF
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3. Broadcaster Raymond Baxter (left), Honorary Admiral of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, aboard his 30-footer L'Oragetn a crowded Dunkirk harbour. Mr Baxter is a Vice President of the RNLI and chairman of the public relations... - View image in PDF
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(right) Sir Charles McGrigor, Convenor of the Scottish Lifeboat Council, and Miss Lloyd Jones on February 9 visited Ardrossan ladies' guild, this year awarded a vellum by the Council. From 1960 to 1976 its annual totals have risen from... - View image in PDF
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St Albans County Constitutional Club held a dinner dance in November and during the evening filmed horse races were shown with those present sponsoring horses in each race. A cheque for £600 resulting from this sponsorship was handed... - View image in PDF
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