Middle oic: Kitted out in wet weather gear and /ifeyackers, crew members get ready to leap into the pool below.. - View image in PDF
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• Howard Biggs, in his book The Sound of Maroons (Terence Dalton, Suffolk, £5.80) has researched diligently to produce such a fine history of the Kent and Sussex lifeboat stations from 1802 to 1977.
Much more than a...
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It's too big to fit in a collecting box - Corus Shotton sports and social club manager Kath Tellett hands over a cheque to HNLt area organiser Richard Polden, joined by Connah's Quay committee members Nev Williams, Ray Cottrelt,... - View image in PDF
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A new way of dealing with breakdowns! Local staff members of the Automobile Association and their wives took up the strain before setting out from Lisburn to Belfast on their sponsored lorry pull in aid of the RNLI. (Photo Belfast Telegraph)... - View image in PDF
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Over the last few years the lifeboat service has been in a strong financial position. It has been able to plan for the future and expand itslifesaving activities, thanks to the generosity and support of the public. However the continued...
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Cold, wet and darkness form a classic environment for fear, and if this trio is mixed with the other fierce ingredients of a sea driven to fury by a winter storm hurling its strength against an unyielding tidal stream, it would take a truly...
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Books Thorny's - an oral history of Vosper Thornycroft's shipyard, Southampton Edited by Krista Woodley, Padmini Broomfield and Sheila Jemima Published by Southampton City Council ISBN 0954394151 Price £12 hardback John I...
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Hythe, Kent.—At 10.50 A.M. on the 2nd August it was reported verbally to the coxswain that a flare had been seen from a yacht. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat The Viscountess Wakefield was launched at...
The need for fully protected propellers and rudders is obvious in this photograph of Selsey's Tyne class lifeboat leaving her slipway. Note the deep skeg just visible on the port side.. - View image in PDF
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OCTOBER 16TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At about 5.10 A.M. the Workington coastguard reported a red flare five to six miles away in a westerly direction, and asked for the life-boat crew to stand by. A westerly gale was...