Two years ago Little and Broad Haven ladies' guild held a special opening ceremony for their new souvenir shop and in 1980 they doubled their first year's takings to £6,000. Other recent fund raising events have included a grand... - View image in PDF
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RAMSGATE AND NORTH DEAL.—On the 20th September, at about 12.30 A.M., the ship Paul Boyton, of Yarmouth, N.S., 1097 tons, bound from Baltimore to Hamburg with a cargo of maize, went ashore on the Goodwin Sands during a fresh wind from the W....
The Bridlington life-boat escorting a local fishing boat into the harbour on 23rd January, 1967.. - View image in PDF
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The yacht Alchemist being towed by the Yarmouth, l.o.W., life-boat on 26th March, 1967.. - View image in PDF
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St. Helier's new 44' Waveney class lifeboat, Thomas James King, was on display in the forecourt outside the main Warwick Road entrance to Earls Court.. - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 7.15 on the evening of the 13th December, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that the drifter Star of Hope was stranded on the Scroby Sands and was asking for help. There was a...
Behind the scenes, a lifeboat station mechanic must be both meticulous and creative to keep the service running – and his fellows safe
Mark Blatcher is poring over wiring diagrams. He’s trying...
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The Mersey class lifeboat Moira Barrie, the 26th of the class, is now stationed at Barmouth. She was funded almost entirely by a legacy left by Miss Moira Barrie of the Broadway Guild in Worcestershire.. - View image in PDF
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JUNE 27TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR CO. WEXFORD. At 5.30 in the afternoon a cyclist from St. Helens reported the fishing schooner Geisha, of Wexford, dismasted and drifting between the Whilkeen and Carrick Rocks. A fresh easterly wind was blowing,...
Coverack, The Lizard, Falmouth and Cadgwith, Cornwall.—At 8.38 oil the evening of the 19th of February, 1957, the Royal Naval Air Station at Cul- drose reported that a Gannet aircraft, with a crew of three, was believed to have crashed into...