(Left) Burton-on-Trent branch raised £177 at its 1977 wine and cheese party, the fourth to be held at the home of Mr and Mrs F. R. Kerry. Behind the 'groaning board', the Kerry family (I.) with Mr and Mrs E. A Cooper, joint... - View image in PDF
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Hunter trials in the garden of Mrs Duncan, president of Troon ladies' guild. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Douglas Studio. - View image in PDF
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Ramsgate, Kent - At 12.20 p.m. on 4th February, 1967, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a radio telephone request for assistance had been received from the hovercraft Sure which had broken down half a mile south east of the...
JULY 2ND. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 10.30 at night the coastguard telephoned that a Danish fishing boat was lying two miles north-north-east of Cullernose Point, apparently in need of help.
The motor...
AUGUST 10TH. - CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. At three in the afternoon the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned to the Clovelly life-boat station that a small tug had foundered a mile northwest of the point. A moderate north-west breeze...
The Newhaven lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott after being rammed amidships by HM trawler Avanturine in a gale on the night of November 23, 1940.. - View image in PDF
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The RNLI and the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund both received cheques for £475 in March as the result of a fire engine pull from Cheltenham to Tewksbury. The event saw Cheltenham branch members, together with local fire fighters... - View image in PDF
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WHO IS SIR STEVE REDGRAVE?
Rower Sir Steve Redgrave is the only person to win gold medals at five different Olympic Games. He now works in the media, with charities, and as a motivational speaker.
The five-time...
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ON October 30th the Atlantic Fleet gave a battle practice display off Portland which was witnessed by" the Prime Ministers of the Dominions.
After the display, the H.1VL Destroyer Westminster took Mr. Coates, the Prime...
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TWO MEN SAVED FROM CLUB'S RESCUE BOAT Hastings, Sussex. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 20th May, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that the Hastings and St. Leonards sailing club's rescue boat Anne Bonaventure was in...