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Senior Crew Member PC Ben Usher at Withernsea ILB station, in the establishment of which he played an important part. photograph by courtesy of Humberside Police. - View image in PDF
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In the February blizzards when East Anglia roads were blocked by huge snowdrifts, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Khami launched to take three patients, one a girl of 14, up the River Yare to Norwich for urgent... - View image in PDF
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[These extracts are from Dame Millicent Fawcett's book of reminiscences, " What I Remember," which were published (12*. 6d. net) last autumn. They are made by her kind permission, and that of her publishers, Messrs. T. Fisher...
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to December 31st, 1953 78,497 Notes of the Quarter THE terrible disaster at Arbroath, following...
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The staffs of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway have collected among themselves £938 15*. for the Life-boat Service. This has been done in response to a special appeal made to them by Sir Edwin Stockton, M.P., a director of the...
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GENTLEMEN all, are your glasses charged? for I've a toast for the winter weather.
Answer it, then, with a three times three; voice and heart, if you please, together.
It is not a sorrowful theme I...
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A LESSER KNOWN BRANCH of the RNLI is the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society. It was formed in 1964 to cater for the needs of those with a technical or historical interest in the work of the Institution. Initially there were only eight members...
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to October 31st, 1953 78,410 Notes of the Quarter First Shore-boat Award of the Year Two...
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MARGATE, KENT.—On the evening of 20th February the Coxswain was in- formed by telephone from the Coast- guard Lookout that lights had been seen at sea. A few minutes later more lights and a rocket were seen in the direction of the Tongue...
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