"Tis a terrible night, and the seas run mountains high, The wind is howling fiercely, with a dark and sullen sky; Eyes are aching and blinded with the driving sleet and rain, And thoughts turn to those who are going out, who may never...
Category: Poetry
THE life-boat service has benefited by £5 as the result of a vow by two army officers on Salisbury Plain. The}7 bound themselves to "a particular Lenten abstention," and the penalty for failure was to be a cheque for £2...
Category: Donations
Father and son trapped in cave Adifficult and dangerous service by Port Isaac's D class inshore lifeboat has led to the award of the RNLI's Thanks on Vellum to her helmsman Kevin Dingle and to a crew member, Mike Edkins.
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A CHOICE of three different Christmas cards is provided by the Institution's selection of subjects this year, and in addition the usual pocket calendar is available.
The bronze medal service by the Coverack life-boat on...
Category: Advertisement
On the bar TWO RED FLARES sighted on the south side of Portmadoc Estuary, near and inside the bar, were reported to the honorary secretary of Pwllheli lifeboat station by Coastguard Porthdinllaen at 0035 on Thursday, September 1. The wind...
Andrew Cruickshank and Kenneth Connor were appearing at Nottingham Theatre Royal the week the box office opened for 'Premises Premises', the show performed free for Nottingham and District branch by Cambridge Footlights on July 18.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 10.25 on the night of the 17th of January, 1952, the South Gare Lighthouse keeper telephoned that a ship had gone aground on the training wall in the mouth of the River Tees, and at eleven o'clock the life-boat...
The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as has been ascertained, amounts to 989.
Of these, 18 went down with the Herdd, which sunk off the Start, after collision with a schooner at night, on 10th January; 83 in the...
Category: Articles
Amble, Northumberland. At 8.10 on the evening of the 16th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary of the North Sunderland station asked the Amble honorary secretary if the Amble life-boat would relieve the North Sunder- land life-boat,...
Thanks to Alderney...
The RNLI has always been our favourite charity. During a Channel crossing on 19 June in our 29ft yacht we had good reason to be grateful for the support we and countless others have given the...
Category: Correspondence