DEC. 3RD. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 10.30 A.M. the coastguard reported that a boat a few hundred yards from the Shoreham gas works, on a lee shore, appeared to have hoisted a coat as a distress signal. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing...
THE Institution has received a gift of over £14 from the chief engineer of a steamer. In addition to his work as engineer, he acts as ship's barber.
For these services he charges nothing, but asks his clients to...
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Mrs. Eleanor Stephens Raymond, of Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, who died at the end of September, 1931, was a member of the Branch Committee at Llandudno, and Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. She had been associated with...
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• Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, was a man of considerable vision who always pursued his ideas relentlessly, though some of his schemes were not realised until after his death. He_ proposed the formation of an international...
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RAF Search and Rescue crew 5 at Sr Mawgan: in centre of back row (third, fourth and fifth) Des Lavelle, P. J. Whitehouse, president Newatiar branch, and Flight Lieut. Chris Hooper.. - View image in PDF
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Meeting the need Every year there is a rise in the number calls for help received by the RNLI's volunteer crews. In 1994 lifeboats launched 6,156 times - itself a record - but just a year later the figure for 1995 stood at 7,312 launches...
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News Battered and brave A passing journalist captured one of the most iconic images of the RNLI’s history when he photographed the Scarborough lifeboat and crew in action in May 2005 (above). They were searching for a mother and her children...
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While on holiday on the Isle of Wight last summer, Albert the Irish Wolfhound collected nearly £50 for Yarmouth lifeboat.
Owner Mary Knight took him along to the station's open day and not many people were able to... - View image in PDF
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ALTHOUGH I had been to Padstow, Cornwall, years ago on holiday, the visit I paid in July this year for the purpose of this article was the first since then, I found, as before, a bustling village in high summer and, some miles way, the...
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THE COAST OF NORTH WALES JS QUJCt at the beginning of April with the storms of winter mainly over and the summer still to come. The weather can change in a few moments from bright sunshine to strong hail storms which bombard the magnificent...
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