JUST AS at a time of family celebration, wherever its members may be, their thoughts will turn to home, so in the spring of 1974 the thoughts of the RNLI and its friends must inevitably turn to Douglas; the little seaport on the Isle of Man...
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Winning hunch The winner of the RNLI's 44th national lottery has the Hunchback of Notre Dame to thank for drawing her ticket! Micky O'Donoughue was playing the role in the New Vic Company's comedy version of 'The Hunchback of...
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To HAROLD J. BRADFORD, on his retirement, after serving for 6j years as coxswain, ~l years as second coxswain and 4| years as bowman of the Exmouth life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an ex-gratia grant.
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Thursday, 2nd October, 1884.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P,, in the Chair.! Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance and j Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub- '...
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One man's courageA young man swept into the sea and crushed against rocks would surely have died were it not for the brave actions of lifeboatman Fergal Walsh. With no regard for the risk to himself he plunged into the sea to save the...
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The Lifeboat SMALL ADS Lower Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.
[Enjoying one of tne finest Harbour views in Lower Fishguard. a substantial s/det two storey residence, presently subdivided into 3 self contained flats; but equally...
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A CRANE MOVED into the boatshed at William Osbornes one day last autumn to lift first the twin engines and then the superstructure aboard the 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat which will be RNLB Shoreline.
The engines are twin...
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ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN instances of medical men serving on the Committee of Management in years gone by, and many occasions when doctors on the coast have given valuable service, there was never a centrally planned policy on medical...
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Heroism and tragedy as ship goes ashore in 50ft breakers One Gold Medal Five Bronze Medals Two Thanks on Vellum with a 3,000-ton cargo vessel just yards off a rockstrewn coastline, and being driven inexorably ashore by breaking seas almost...
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