BECAUSE of the large demand for the new life-boat ties, which were described in the September number of the Life- boat on page 279, it has been possibleto place a substantial order for future supplies with consequent reductions in price.... - View image in PDF
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Fishermen saved after 20 hours in ferocious blizzard It took a joint effort by the Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh lifeboats, RAF and coastguard helicopters and local fishermen to locate two friends who got lost while out whelking on 27...
Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire; New Brighton No. 2, Cheshire ; Kirkcudbright; Douglas, Peel, Port Erin, Port St. Mary and Ramsey, Isle of Man.—21st January.
These eight life-boats searched for a missing aeroplane without...
Men and women around the coast give up their time to train for and carry out lifeboat launches A Silver Medal-winning rescue by Cteethorpes and Number was featured in the autumn 2004 issue of the Lifeboat. As with many, the Cleethorpes crew...
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LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON.—Telegrams were received at about 7 P.M. on the 12th January asking for assistance to a vessel showing signals of distress off Grore Point.
Almost immediately after the messages had been received the...
WE are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. R. EARP, of Austin Friars, for the follow- ing very quaint and interesting descrip- tion of a method of constructing a life-belt, extracted by him from an old Black Letter book published nearly three...
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DRIVEWAYS THAT CREATE A LASTING IMPRESSION Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, of traditional styles, including Cobble, Slate and Stone, plus its beauty is more than skin deep. Beneath the surface is a unique...
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Lives rescued by life-boats Lives rescued by inshore rescue boats Lives rescued in other ways for whose rescue the Institution gave rewards Total lives rescued 354 10 224 588 People landed by life-boats and inshore rescue boats from...
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JANUARY 6TH - 7TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the evening information was received from the coastguard that a British aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles south-west of Llanbedrog. A light...
MY HUSBAND AND I took over as joint secretaries of the Barmouth R.N.L.I, branch and guild in 1967. Our hard-working predecessors had received wonderful support in their fund-raising efforts from both residents and visitors. With rapidly...
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