Once more the Institution's drama group, The Grosvenor Circle, is to enter Westminster Drama Festival in November. Last year was the first time the group entered the festival, and it was a successful effort by all. This year's entry,...
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MAY 16TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
During the morning a number of fishing drifters were in the bay waiting to enter the harbour. A north-east gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea at the harbour mouth, and the tide was...
On the 13th June two men on board the steam yacht Surprise, of Jersey, which was lying at anchor in the roads, were severely scalded by the bursting of a steam-pipe. The motor life-boat Hearts of Oak put out at 11.15 A.M. A moderate S.W....
Rad Hart-George and Nick Pleydell-Bouverie's journey began with an epic vision: to cycle the entire British coastline, visiting every lifeboat station along the way and raising money to help save lives at sea. And this Summer, they...
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THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION VOL. XLI MARCH 1968 No. 423 CONTENTS PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN ..................... 2 NOTES OF THE...
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Raymond Baxter (3rd from I) presented the RNLI's public relations awards at this year's show to (I to r): Colin Watson for photographic work for the RNLI; John Mills of Formula One Films for his voluntary work in producing the film... - View image in PDF
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Hartlepool, Durham, and Redcar, Yorkshire. — While bound from the River Tees to Blyth the motor vessel Oceanic, of Newport, Isle of Wight, damaged her steering gear and began to drift. At 1.45 in the morning of the 7th of July, when...
JOHNSHAVEN, KlNCARDINESHIRE. The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently formed a new Life-boat es- tablishment at Johnshaven, near Montrose, for the service of fishing-boats which are frequently placed in imminent peril when...
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NOVEMBER 15-25TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 3.25 A.M. a message was received from the Haisboro’ coastguard that a trawler was ashore near the Haisboro’ Gap. A light southerly breeze was blowing and there was a heavy ground...
Anyone who has recently completed a marathon or is training for one, possibly their first ever, will be grateful to Sally Wilson for putting the experience into words. The RNLI is receiving everincreasing support from sponsored marathon...
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