A team of bowler-hatted waiters provided some oldfashioned service from the bar at Henley-on-Thames branch Old Tyme Music Hall last October. On an evening when manv of the audience also came in costume to join in the fun, £600 was... - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 6TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
During the afternoon the local motor fishing coble Sheila became overdue. A northwesterly breeze was blowing and the sea was calm, but it was thought advisable for the motor life-boat to...
A contrast in conditions for Lerwick's Severn class Michael and Jane Vernon. The main photo shows her on trials before going on station while the inset shows her alongside Green Lily in Force 11 winds. The service won her coxswain Hewitt... - View image in PDF
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Union Crystal sinks JUST BEFORE 1915 on Wednesday, November 16, 1977, the honorary secretaries of both Sennen Cove and St Ives lifeboat stations were informed by Lands End Coastguard that the 499-ton coaster Union Crystal was in trouble 12...
Early on the morning of the 22nd December, during a strong W.N.W. wind, large signal lights were seen in the direction of the West Scroby Sands. The same life-boat went out, but, after searching about for some time, could not discover any...
Lower One The Inevitable Result. - View image in PDF
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(right) David Jones, divisional organiser (north west) introduced members of Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys ladies' guilds to the Duke of Kent, who also met the crew and their wives and branch officials. - View image in PDF
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When the new 47ft Tyne class fas! slipway lifeboat, City of London came up the Thames for her official naming, it was also an ideal opportunity for some of the children of Thomas's School, Kensington, to hand over the money that they had... - View image in PDF
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Backbone of the FishingTrade.
This was one that didn't get away. One of a thousand million.
A thousand million of the reasons why every day and night men put out to sea in all weathers to earn their...
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Backbone of the FishingTrade.
This was one that didn't get away. One of a thousand million.
A thousand million of the reasons why every day and night men put out to sea in all weathers to earn their...
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