A Big Thank You from the Anniversary Project Manager So that's it. 1999 has come and gone and the 175th anniversary is now officially over. Only the Scots carried on with the celebrations right up to the official birthday of 4 March 2000...
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Bridlington: On Saturday September 26, in east-south-easterly gales gusting to strong gale, force 9, and very rough seas the 37ft Oakley relief lifeboat Mary Joicey. on temporary duly at Bridlington, escorted five trawlers safely into... - View image in PDF
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Governors ... Shoreline... Storm Force.. Apologies! You may have been one of several members who experienced strange happenings which coincided with the delivery of your Autumn journal, and unreserved apologies are due to all...
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Hammering away...
The RNLI's appeal for autographed items which can be auctioned to raise funds has already attracted an enthusiastic response.
Several hundred autographs have been received at...
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SEPTEMBER 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
A British airman had baled out, but he was rescued by an R.A.F. launch. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
1,188 lives saved in 1991 Provisional figures for 1991 indicate that lifeboats were called out 4,407 times during last year and that 1,188 people were saved from death at sea by lifeboatmen and women.
Lifeboats were at sea...
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THE first in a series of books which will undoubtedly become standard works on the history of the Cornish fife-boats. Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast by Cyril Noall and Grahame Farr (D. Bradford Barton, 2is.), is both an admirable...
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Arklow
LAP OF THE MAP
2018 marks Mary Hickey’s 50th year in athletics and she continues to go from strength to strength. On New Year’s Day she set off from Arklow, Co Wicklow, heading north on the...
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Boat Show 1995 Once again the RNLI will be at the London Boat Show at Earls Court from 4-15 January inclusive. The show always proves a successful way of recruiting new members and, of course, current members are very welcome to come along...
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NEWS POINT HURRICANE HEROES For those who lived through it, the hurricane which hit the south and south east coasts of England during the early hours of October 16 last will forever be imprinted on their memories.
None more...
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