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Selsey, Sussex - At 10.34 a.m. on 8th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor cruiser was aground on Kirk Arrow shoal, half a mile south of Selsey Bill. It was hoped she would refloat unassisted but at...
Mr. Edward Heath on a Visit to the R.N.L.I, Stand at the International Boat Show In London In 1968. a Letter In His Capacity As Prime Minister Is Reproduced on the Facing Page. Last Year He Was Ele
Mr. Edward Heath on a visit to the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show in London in 1968. A letter in his capacity as Prime Minister is reproduced on the facing page. Last year he was elected Yachtsman of the Year by the Guild of... - View image in PDF
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When three people’s lives were in danger, off-duty lifeguards knew what to do
At 6pm on 16 August 2011, three lifeguards finishing their day at Porthcothan, Cornwall, advised everyone to leave...
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A Dinghy
Drifting dinghy ON THE EVENING of Monday June 29, 1981, John McAllister was working at Garron Point, east of Red Bay lifeboat station, when he saw people waving in a small dinghy off the point. He telephoned the station's deputy...
Lymington Took Just One Month to Raise £760 to Pay for a Pair of Propellers for the New Arun Lifeboat Being Built for Yarmouth Isle of Wight on December 14 Two Cheques
Lymington took just one month to raise £760 to pay for a pair of propellers for the new Arun lifeboat being built for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. On December 14, two cheques, each for £380, one from the branch and one from the... - View image in PDF
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Yarmouth Isle of Wight 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Joy and John Wade Returning to Station on Saturday March 29 She Had Launched to Go to the Help of a Nonvegian Cargo Vessel Germa Geisha In Diffic
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 52ft Arun lifeboat Joy and John Wade returning to station on Saturday March 29. She had launched to go to the help of a Nonvegian cargo vessel Germa Geisha in difficulties about nine miles south east of St... - View image in PDF
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The Prime Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher With Second Coxswain Robert Jones Took the Wheel of Holyhead's New 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Hyman Winstone During a Visit on July 18 Mrs Thatcher Als
The Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, with Second Coxswain Robert Jones, took the wheel of Holyhead's new 52ft Arun lifeboat Hyman Winstone during a visit on July 18. Mrs Thatcher also met crew members and their wives and branch and... - View image in PDF
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On December 18 Humber Lifeboat the 54Ft Arun City of Bradford Iv Towed Mfv Falke to Bridlington the Fishing Boat Had No Power Or Steering and Her Batteries Were
On December 18 Humber lifeboat, the 54ft Arun City of Bradford IV, towed MFV Falke to Bridlington. The fishing boat had no power or steering and her batteries were failing. photograph by courtesy of 'Hull Daily Mail'. - View image in PDF
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Acker Bilk and His Jazzmen Were the Big Attraction at the Grand Ball Organised By the Recently Re-Formed Brightlingsea and District Branch Held In the Spring at a Holid
Acker Bilk and his Jazzmen were the big attraction at the grand ball organised by the recently re-formed Brightlingsea and District branch. Held in the spring at a holiday camp owned by the branch chairman, D. L. Hammerton, the ball raised... - View image in PDF
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