It was more a case of Bells than shackles away at the Garth Inn at Helensburgh when Helmsmen Colin Gardner (I) and Michael Roberts whacked the bottle with their trusty hammers.
Giving them a helping hand is John Beaton,... - View image in PDF
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The fishing fleet put to sea early on the morning of the 4th February. At about 1 P.M., on 'the flowing tide, the sea made rapidly, and conditions became dan- gerous for the boats. The motor life- boat Margaret Marker Smith was launched...
THE subject for the ninth Life-boat Essay Competition in Elementary Schools, held this year, was, " What are the qualities which make the Lifeboatman an example of good citizenship ? " So far as the quality of the essays was...
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1st July to 30th September.
Leaflets {or the Help of Honorary Secretaries and Collectors.
WE think that our Honorary Workers will like to have the following list of the leaflets (which have just been...
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To JOHN MATTHEWS, on his retirement, after serving for 30 years as coxswain and 2| years as bowman of the Moelfre life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service, a gratuity and a retirement allowance.
To WILLIAM II....
Category: Awards
DURING March life-boats went out on service 52 times and rescued 48 lives.
TO THE HELP OF BARGES IN THE THAMES Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.10 in the morning of the 1st of March, 1949, the look-out at Warden Point reported...
Category: Services
COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. On the j 1st January, 1904, the Life-boat Kezia Gwilt rendered very useful service to the barque Faulconnier, of Dunkirk. ' During a strong breeze from E.S.E. and rough sea, with somewhat hazy weather, • the...
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ROYAL ALBERT HALL General Manager: Anthony J. Charlton KENSINGTON, SW7 2AP Tuesday, 13 December, 1977 7.30 p.m.
In aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution THE CREATION HAYDN JILL GOMEZ soprano KENNETH BOWEN tenor...
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The Life-boat George Woofindin was launched at 2.30 P.M. on the 15th April to the assistance of four men in a pleasure boat off Roker. The men had gone out fishing, but when they at- tempted to return they found that the off-shore wind had...