The Royal Air Force and The Life-Boat Service Entertain One Another. - View image in PDF
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All hands to the pumps On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire...
(Right) The mass start of a mini marathon organised by Sodbury and District branch on September 27, 1981, when £3,000 was raised for the RNLI. A total of 329 runners ran the 15-mile course and enjoyed it so much that the marathon is to... - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 4TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS.
On the 2nd January, Dr. Cruickshank, of Walls, telephoned that the Queen’s District Nurse on Foula Island was dangerously ill and would have to be taken to the...
Mr Martin Harris, a well known artist whose works sell in London galleries for upwards of £1,000, is pictured with the painting that he generously donated to Sheerness lifeboat station at their last dance. The painting raised £575... - View image in PDF
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In the last number of THE LIFE-BOAT (pages 160-161) reference was made to the Institution's Christmas cards and calendars. A colour leaflet showing the full range is enclosed with this issue, together with an order form. It is hoped that...
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The truck's four-tonne crane makes the task of loading and unloading inshore lifeboats and other heavy equipment a one-man-job.. - View image in PDF
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Lifeguards Nick Dowrick, Gareth Howarth, Tom Burgess and Emma Williams are to be presented with the inaugural Alison Saunders’ Lifeguarding Award this Summer.
The new annual award is for the most meritorious rescue by RNLI...
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THE thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum, for the rescue of two men from a cabin cruiser, have been awarded to Robert Chalk, helmsman; Gordon Easton, motor mechanic; and D. Morgan of the Southend-on-Sea IRB.
At 5.32 p...
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PROBABLY the most ancient mode of propelling boats through the water by hand labour was by means of oars of nearly the same shape, and worked in the same manner, as those now in use. And to all appearance there is no likelihood of a change,...
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