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Compiled by Grahame Farr with the help of members of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society 1—Which life-boat station is farthest from the shore? 2—Where are old life-boat houses now used as (a) a library, and (b] an aquarium? 3—Which...
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Holyhead, Anglesey - At 10.41 p.m.
on i5th July, 1967, a message was received that the motor fishing vessel Coquetside of Conway had broken down with engine trouble eight miles west of the Skerries. At 10.53 tne life-boat...
ABERYSTWITH, CARDIGANSHIRE.—The Life-boat stationed here many years since has been replaced by a new self-righting boat, which is 35 ft. long by 8 ft. 6 in.
wide and rows ten oars double-banked.
She is...
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ILB launches on service during the months June, July and August, 1973 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire July 8.
Aberdovey, Merionethshire June 24, July 13, 21, August 3 (twice), 10, 11, 13 (twice) and 15.
Abersoch,...
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Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 24th of March, 1954, the weather worsened, making the harbour entrance dangerous. Two local fishing cobles, the Hilda II and Betty, were at sea. The life-boatmen assembled, but the Hilda II...
FOR SEVENTY YEARS Mrs Olwyn M.
Lloyd, now in her ninetieth year—just 60 years younger than the RNLI—has been concerned with men of the sea. It seems fitting, therefore, that she and her husband, Mr R. M. Lloyd, celebrated...
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Let Not The Deep by Mike Lunnon-Wood published byHarper Collins at £4.99 (paperback) ISBN 0 00 647590 6 Novels which centre around the lifeboat service are rare enough, but one which is well constructed, gripping and also moving is a...
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Amble, Northumberland.—At 12.55 on the afternoon of the 23rd of November, 1955, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Ocean Pride, with a crew of three, was still at sea in worsening weather. At 1.15 the life-boat...