New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 12.20 early on the 15th of August, 1953, the stageman told the coxswain that a yachtsman had reported that he had seen another yacht in distress off R.7 Buoy in the Rock Channel. At 12.45 the life-boat Norman B....
FROGMEN SEARCHED At 12.10 a.m. on 3rd June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Carmarthenshire police had asked for the life-boat's help in searching for a boy who had apparently fallen over the cliffs between...
To Mrs. GOLDIE, in recognition of her valuable co-operation as Honorary Secretary of the Bath Branch, the Gold Brooch and the Record of Thanks.
To the HON. MABEL GOUGH-CALTHORPE, in recognition of her valuable co-operation...
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The Mayor of Rye's Fund; Mcmcrials to the Seventeen Life-boatmen.
ON 22nd June a meeting was held between the Attorney-General (Sir William* Jowitt, E.G.) and the Trustees of the Fund which the Mayor of Rye raised for...
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This is your life . . . " When Eamonn Andrews approached Brian Bevan at the Kodak Photographic Gallery, High Holborn, last March, it was the seventh time he had said these famous words to a lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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Awards for helmsman and crew members of Cleethorpes D class A service by Cleethorpes' D class inflatable in winds of up to storm Force 10 to five canoeists and a yacht has earned the helmsman, David Steenvoorden, the Institution's...
Just after 1000 that morning Filey Coastguard reported a dismasted yacht off Filey Buoy. The wind had gone round to north west and had risen again to a fresh breeze, force 5; the sea was rough. At 1014 the lifeboat launched to escort the...
At 8.45 in the morning of the 2nd April guns were heard from the Haisborough and Would Light-vessels, and in response the Palling No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak was launched. On reaching the Haisborough Sands the steamer Caithness, of New-...
Blyth, and Tynemouth, Northumber- land. At 1.11 on the afternoon of the 16th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Tynemouth life-boat station that the Whitley Bay police had reported a small boat in...
In these difficult economic times, some traditional ways of giving have seen a decline. We have, however, seen a very welcome 20% year-on-year growth in online donations.
Donating to charities online is becoming more...
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