A GIFT of 5s. 8d. has been received from a holiday camp of 180 poor children of Hull. These children were sent for a holiday by friends to a camp on the Humber, near the life-boat station at Spurn Point. They asked their officers if they...
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On 28th August, which was Mechanic William F. Mann's last day with the Exmouth life-boat after 18 years, he was called out when the inshore inflatable craft Fundraiser, taking part in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race, was not checked off at...
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In support of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and BBC Pebble Mill lifeboat appeal, the BBC staged a Pebble Mill Dash last October; it was a competition to find who could arrive at the Birmingham TV studios by the most unusual means. The first... - View image in PDF
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LIFE-BOATMAN OVERBOARD New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.35 in the morning of the 18th of January, 1948, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that white flares had been seen off C.2 Red Buoy. The life-boat's crew went out in the...
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.55 on the morning of the 8th of July, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the Ports- mouth naval authorities had reported that the fleet tender Sybella (M.F.V.
1564) had gone aground east of Beachy...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 1.31 p.m' on 26th May, 1969, news was received that a yacht had capsized two miles off shore. At 1.57 the life-boat Valentine Wyndham-Quin was launched in a fresh south westerly breeze and a rough sea. It was...
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 12.45 P-m- on J4tn July, 1966, news was received, that the Dutch trawler Noorderkroon, of Scheveningen, had a mine on board. H.M.S. Belton had put ratings aboard to secure the mine. The honorary secretary...
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - WESTON - SUPERMARE SOMERSET. At 5.30 in the afternoon a message came from the Croyde coastguard, which he had received from the S.S.
Basiris, that a steamer was ashore on Weston Sands. A north-north-west...