Hrh The Princess Royal Meets Aileen Jones. - View image in PDF
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A large shop like the Whitby museum (above right). - View image in PDF
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Re-count . . .
In a branch house-to-house collection two boxes may, rarely, be found to contain the same amount when opened, but how about this ? Two collectors worked on the opposite side of each road in their area,...
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In the early morning of the 30th September the ketch Energy, of Gloucester, stranded on Bembridge Ledge, and some of the local fishermen went off to her in a large fishing-boat. On arriving at the vessel the captain stated that he would...
The ketch Fanny, of Bideford, stranded on the Leys Reef, off Green Lane Cove, on the even- ing of the 23rd July, during a thick fog. Information reached the Life-boat authorities between 9 and 10 o'clock, and the Life-boat Admiral Sir...
A Victorian studio picture—'snow' is falling—of Coxswain James Cable, the Aldeburgh life-boatman, who once retorted to a pessimistic onlooker: 'We don't have to come back—but we have to go out'.. - View image in PDF
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Volunteer life savers, who patrol Australian beaches, taking a surf boat out from the beach to the open sea through treacherous waters at Dee Why, a popular resort, near Sydney, New South Wales.. - View image in PDF
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Watermark, the Mail Order catalogue of RNLI (Sales), has some exciting news - the winner of its Christmas crossword competition and the company's record breaking sales last year.
The winner of the competition, Mrs... - View image in PDF
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HAVING in our last number described the buildings and floating vessels from which beacon lights are exhibited, we have now to give some account of the nature and history of the lights themselves.
At a very remote period,...
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