Ecclesiastical point I have been interested in the correspondence about Shoreline. I would leave things as they are. Certainly I would not want to have Lifeboat Supporters Club as a name because although we do not go to sea those of us who...
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Appledore, Devon. — At 7.7 in the evening of the 30th of November, 1948, the Westward Ho coastguard telephoned that Pilot Cutter No. 1 was in difficulties on Bideford Bar and burning flares, and the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was...
The Whitby lifeboat, Robert and Ellen Robson, is one of only two pulling boats formerly in the service of the RNLI still in existence. She was built in 1918 by S. E. Sounders Ltd, in the Isle of Wight, at a cost of £1,615. Length 34'... - View image in PDF
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(Below) Commander F. R. H. Swann, CUE, Chairman of the Management Committee, describes steering position details to Alderman F. W. Marshall, Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and the Lady... - View image in PDF
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(Below) If a tow line is put aboard it will be longer than you might expect - Frank Smith of Salcombe never uses less than 120 metres, and if there's any sea it could be 200 metres longer than that.. - View image in PDF
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The late Coxswain Theodor T. L. Neilson of Wells received the thanks of the R.N.L.I, inscribed on vellum for searching for a crashed Lancaster bomber off the Norfolk coast on 14th July, 1942, and (below) a reproduction of the painting by L.... - View image in PDF
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(Bram Stoker created the infamous character of Count Dracula and wrote the well-known novel while in Whitby.) (Photo Whitby Gazette). - View image in PDF
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(Below) Hunstanton: The scene at Old Hunstanton during the naming of the Atlantic 21 Spirit of America. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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below: 8 May 2007. - View image in PDF
the Antony Gormley sculpture on waterloo bridge lends a helping hand with collections. - View image in PDF
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Below: By the time an engine has been waterproofed, it will have cost the RNLI twice its original price. Photo Bob Kennovin.. - View image in PDF
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