When HRH The Prince of Wales visited Connah's Quay, Deeside, on July II, he met Garry Jones, station honorary secretary (c.) and Flint lifeboatmen who were there to launch their D class inflatable lifeboat down the new slipway built as... - View image in PDF
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Helmsman Donald Jones (right) has been awarded a bronze medal and Crew Member Paul Frost a medal service certificate for the rescue, in a force 7 gusting 9 wind, of two boys cut off by the tide. photograph by courtesy of Philip... - View image in PDF
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MFV St Patrick, taking water into her engine room, was towed into harbour on November 12, 1975, by the 44' Waveney lifeboat 40-001, on temporary duty at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston.
The lifeboat was under the command... - View image in PDF
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At the blast of Royal National Life-boat Institution whistles, teams of women and schoolgirls drawn from around Bournemouth and Poole began furiously knitting blanket squares at sponsored knitins held simultaneously at Beales of Poole and... - View image in PDF
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As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
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THIRTEEN new motor life-boats were named during 1952. Six were on the English coast, at Barrow-in-Furness, Clacton-on-Sea, Hoylake, Minehead, Padstow and Plymouth; four on the Scottish coast, at Aberdeen, Eyemouth, Gourdon and Whitehills;...
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Girls from Hastings High School visited their local lifeboat station in March to present a cheque for £600 to Hastings and St Leonards branch, the result of their 1977 charity project: it is twice as much as they have ever collected... - View image in PDF
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John Young of San Francisco is donating money each year to the RNLI to buy White Horse whisky for distribution to crews. Mr Young has also asked his lawyers to amend his will to ensure that the gifts continue.
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A group of 8- to 13-year-old children living in the Llandegai area of North Wales planned and ran a mini-fete in Dr and Mrs Tideman s garden last September, raising £52 for the lifeboat service. In the photograph are Heather, Susy and... - View image in PDF
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Launching a life-boat is not always as easy as it looks. When the Flamborough life-boat was launched to help a boat on 6th January 1968, she ran into a rain gulley. Here the launchers are shown digging a trench to divert the water..
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