CHRISTMAS was a busy time for the life-boat service. On Christmas Eve the motor life-boats at St. Abbs (Ber- wickshire), Blyth (Northumberland), Sunderland (Durham) and Falmouth (Cornwall) were all launched on service, and the motor...
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ASHFORD.—Flag Whist Drive.
BARKING.—Life-boat in the procession celebrating the incorporation of Barking as a Borough.
BRONDESBUBY. — Address to Young People's League...
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Left: Who can resist the appeal of a Spaniel's liquid eyes? Very few it seems as 'Rusty', aided and abetted by owner Judy Crisp from the depot administration staff, filled a succession of boxes to collect just short of £100!... - View image in PDF
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LIFE-BOAT AND TUGS TO HELP OF DUTCH VESSEL St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 4.45 on the morning of the 4th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Dutch vessel was in distress, and though the position of the...
RAMSGATE,NORTH DEAL AND WALMER In response to signals fired by the North Sand Head and Gull Light-vessels, the Life-boats Bradford, of Ramsgate, Mary Sommerville, stationed at North Deal, and Civil Service No. 4, of Walmer, were launched on...
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Gary makes a meal of it! When TV superchef Gary Rhodes was in search of an original culinary challenge for his latest television series, Alderney lifeboat crew cooked up a great idea. Having often enjoyed the hospitality of CROSSMA - the...
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After cockpit well: Fig. 3 (left) Beams and, Fig. 4 (right) side decks are fitted. Straight run back of after end of cartings, inboard of side decks, will take sliding wheelhouse doors. All spaces under beams will be filled with shaped,... - View image in PDF
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Fowey, Cornwall.—During the morn- ing of the 15th of January, 1950, the Polruan coastguard had under observa- tion a fishing boat with a motor boat in tow. At 12.10 in the afternoon he reported that the boats were in distress about two miles...
Fowey, Cornwall.—While the motor life-boat C.D.E.C. was out to the help of the woman who had fallen from Gribben Head on the 7th of August, a wireless message was received at her station from the Polruan coastguard at 5.50 that some boys had...