Coxswain Bob Corran (I. above) aboard his fishing vessel Manx Maid, with Bernie Sayle, Mechanic, and Harry Martland, station Administrative officer. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of W. S. Basnett. - View image in PDF
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Wells' Mersey class lifeboat Don's M. Mann of Ampthill stands off outside the surf line waiting to connect a tow with the yacht Aubie.. - View image in PDF
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Fowey, Cornwall. At 12.26 on the afternoon of the llth July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing boat was on the rocks to the west of Fowey harbour.
There was a gentle southerly breeze and...
Coming from as far afield as Ireland and Humberside, 116 entries made the third Great Tweed Raft Race a huge crowd puller with 15,000 people lining the river bank. There were two categories: fancy dress rafts and speedsters, all of which had... - View image in PDF
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Every Christmas and Easter for ten years Southport Mummers Group (with St George, the King of Egypt, Beelzebub and all the others) has toured the hostelries of South Lancashire with its ancient traditional plays to collect money for the... - View image in PDF
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As a result of tremendous enthusiam and hard work Broadstairs ladies' guild realised over £600 at their last autumn fayre. Chairman Mrs L. S. Cobb is seen with her committee and two guild members behind a stall laden with handwork.... - View image in PDF
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Pennies may not rain from heaven but pound notes floated down just outside Filey, with a little help from a helicopter from 665 Army Helicopter Squadron from Topcliffe, North Yorkshire. Staff at the Topcliffe base had done a 44-mile... - View image in PDF
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Members of Carmarthen Boat Club present a £400 cheque to Mrs Gwynne Rees, vice-chairman of Carmarthen and Ferryside ladies' guild, following a sponsored parachute jump by 13 club members. George Jones, who broke a leg in the jump,... - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: ILB Crew Member H. E. "Dilly" Appleton with the youngest of 121 people taken off the pleasure cruiser Queen of the Broads which ran aground on Breydon Water in thick fog on Tuesday June 19. After being... - View image in PDF
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Drawing the winning tickets for the 50th National Lottery. Head of Fund Raising and Marketing, Ian Ventham, (left) addresses the gathering with actresses Jean Boht and Eileen Pollock from the TV series 'Bread' on the right. Corporate... - View image in PDF
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