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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^ Selsey, Sussex.—At about 8.25 A.M.
on the 8th of April the coastguard reported that the fishing boat L.I.47 had capsized about two miles W.S.
W. of Selsey Bill, and that another fishing boat was near -...
Top Row: Second Coxswain Roberts and Captain Owen Jones (Moelfre, Anglesey), Coxswain Upcraft (Southwold), Coxswain Fleming (Great Yarmouth and Gorleston). Second Coxswain Balis and Coxswain Blogg (Cromer).
Bottom Row:... - View image in PDF
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THE Institution has received over £9 from brother officers and friends of the late Major Charles Lawless Saunders, R.A.S.C. Those gifts were sent, in place of flowers for his funeral, at his own request, in gratitude to the Life-boat...
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Fire rescue WHEN THE Ministry of Defence range finder m.v. Dolwen was reported on fire nine miles out on December 8, 1972, the Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, lifeboat was alerted.
At 4.37 p.m. the Howard Marryat, a 46-foot...
Although not part of the Little Ships flotilla African Queen, the boat made famous by Humphrey Bogart in the film of the same name, attempted to make the passage to Dunkirk. She got into difficulties and had to be towed into Ramsgate by the... - View image in PDF
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JUNE 27TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 12.27 P.M. a message was received from the Sandgate coastguard that a Hurricane fighter aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles S.S.W. of Dungeness. A light westerly breeze was blowing and the sea...