A sponsored silence, organised by Skegness ladies' guild, was undertaken by 72 local children and raised £534. The first three prize winners, Michelle Hilton, Emma Ruston and Wendy Balderson, between them raised £68. They were... - View image in PDF
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Whit by, Sunday October 19, 1980: At 1030 a converted ship's lifeboat was seen heading towards the harbour entrance.
Conditions were very dangerous, with a very heavy swell and breaking seas at the bar and in the... - View image in PDF
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THREE minutes before two in the morn- ing of 23rd January. 1939, the honorary secretary of the St. Ives life-boat station was rung up by the district officer of coastguard, who told him that a vessel was in a dangerous position two miles N.N...
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The Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable, powered with twin outboard engines and attaining a speed of 30 knots, first went on station at Hartlepool in 1972. Smaller, inflatable lifeboats were introduced into the RNLI fleet in the 1960s.. - View image in PDF
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Scarborough Evening News man on the spot on 7th August was chief photographer Jay Mason—he was taking pictures of Filey life-boat's demonstration launch when a real rescue came up. The launch, for Filey life-boat flag day, involved the... - View image in PDF
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Henry Cooper, hero of sporting Britain, announced his retirement from boxing after losing his European, British and Commonwealth titles at the Empire Pool, Wembley, on 16th March, 1971, to Joe Bugner. But Henry Cooper still had time for the... - 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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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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Many services of re-dedication were held on March 4 at lifeboat stations. - View image in PDF
Canon G. Oram conducted the service at Aldeburgh. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Tony Ray. - View image in PDF
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Humberside police's fivestrong mounted section has been patrolling local beaches and inland waterways for the past three years as part of their general duties. Last summer an emergency lifeline was added to their... - View image in PDF
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