ON Sunday, the 19th of February, 1961, the first television appeal on behalf of the life-boat service was broadcast by the B.B.C. The appeal to viewers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was made by Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas. That to...
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Calling all Mancunians: Manchester has a long and historic connection with the RNLI. The very first street collection was held in Manchester and Salford in October 1891, when £5,000 was collected, and over the years Manchester's... - View image in PDF
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Launches 32. Lives rescued 24.
MAY 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO.
WEXFORD. During the afternoon the coxswain was watching the Wexford pilot boat off Wexford Bar, apparently waiting for the tide. A N.N.E....
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Getting the reserve life-boat Grace Darling launched in May, 1970, when she was taken by a Bridlington crew from Flamborough to Bridlington.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) High pressure water jets made quick work of cleaning the bottom.. - View image in PDF
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(Right) John McPherson and Nicola Coudge at work in the design studio.. - View image in PDF
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Daylight Reveals The Broken Up Wreck O/La Morlaye On Whitley Beach. - View image in PDF
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Representatives of Castletownbere lifeboat receive the generous cheque from Mr Ross' family. - View image in PDF
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From a drawing by John Hart (See page 406).
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(See "A Life-boat Diary"). - View image in PDF
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