IN the statement of the income and expenditure of the Institution for the year ending 31st March, 1854, it will be seen that £1,831 has been expended on life-boats, and on objects immed- iately connected with them; and £182 on...
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The RNLI was left two extraordinarily generous gifts in Wills – £1M each – over the Winter.
Hugh and Molly Brown from Kinghorn (pictured) were longtime supporters of the RNLI. Their friend Charles Ritchie said: ‘Hugh...
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THE exhibition of life-boat photographs which was shown last year in London and Edinburgh was shown in Birming- ham from February 12th to 20th of this year, through the kindness of Messrs. Lewis's, Ltd., of Liverpool, Manchester and...
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Hush money: during one Monday in July Lang/on County Primary School, Ma/ton, North Yorkshire, must have been the quietest school in the country. A sponsored silence was held, with junior pupils being quiet for an hour while the infants kept... - View image in PDF
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Information having been received at this station about 9 A.M.
on the 30th November, at which time it was blowing a gale from the N.E., ac- companied by snow squalls, that a vessel had been wrecked on the Fidra Island, 3...
The services of this Life-boat were also called into requisition on the 31st December, on the afternoon of which day a large vessel, distant some eight miles to the eastward of Sidmouth, was seen flying a flag of distress, during stormy...
A VERY pleasant ceremony took place in the Guild Hall, Exeter, on the 24th July, when Mr. Courtenay H. Edmonds, the Honorary Secretary of the Exeter Branch, and Mrs. Ferris Tozer, the Honorary ' Secretary of the Ladies' Auxiliary, re...
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AU G U S T 2 2 N D . - D A V I D ’ S , P E M - BROKESHIRE. At 11.35 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel in distress two miles westward of the Smalls Lighthouse. Permission to launch, was got from the naval authorities, and the motor...
DECEMBER 10TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 11.45 on the night of the 9th of December, the coastguard reported a vessel firing distress signals three miles north-east of Flamborough Head. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a heavy...
The largest and newest boat in the collection Edward Bridges (Civil Service and PO No.37) is one of the early wood-built Arun class, the remainder of which are still in service. The Aruns are inherently self righting because of the large... - View image in PDF
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