Coxswain Edward Parker, who died on i5th October, 1964, was a former coxswain of Margate life-boat who was awarded the D.S.M. for the part he and his crew played at Dunkirk when the Margate life-boat rescued over 600 British servicemen from...
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Buttons and cards: sorting through a few of the hundreds of thousands of buttons and postcards that were sent in by viewers of BBC TVs Blue Peter are one of the programme's presenters, Janet Ellis, and Duncan Chilcott of Phillips Fine... - View image in PDF
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Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 11.17 on the night of the 24th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a Sea Cadet whaler from Portsmouth, with a crew of three, was under sail about one mile north of Ramore Head, but was drifting seawards...
RAMSGATE and DEAL. — Signals were made by the Goodwin and Gull lightships, during a fresh S.E. gale and a heavy sea, on the morning of the 31st of October.
At the same time a large flare was seen in the direction of the...
THIS year the Institution will for the first time have a choice of two Christ- mas cards for sale, in addition to pocket calendars.
One card is a reproduction of a painting by David Cobb, R.O.I., S.M.A., which depicts the...
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Brighstone Lifeboat Worcester Cadet. - View image in PDF
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