Scotland South Division Fourteen rescued A TRAWLER, Erlo Hills, ashore north west of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, was reported by Clyde Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Campbeltown lifeboat station at 0655 on Friday October 2,...
Category: Services
Fishing vessel aground AT 29 MINUTES PAST MIDNIGHT on Thursday, August 27, 1987, Moray Coastguard overheard the fishing vessel Constant Star inform Peterhead Harbour Control that she had run aground on the Skerry Rock and required immediate...
(Above) More than 2,000 people attended an open air Songs of Praise organised by St Austell branch at Charlestown Harbour on July 10. The service was led by the Reverend David Apps.
photograph by courtesy of C. H.... - View image in PDF
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The Duke of Kent described the decision to establish the head office in Poole as bold, and also wise; he was pleased to see the familiar stone lifeboatman still at the door, now gazing out to sea. A service of dedication was conducted by The... - View image in PDF
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I HAVE been asked to write an article on 'shops' or 'hidden treasure shops' as we now call them and wonder just where and how to begin.
I think I'll go back to 1962 when we had our first shop. There were...
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Barmouth's life-boat returning from a service to the m.v. Welsh Girl on 2nd June, 1963. The town's life-boat service is now well on the way to being self-supporting.. - View image in PDF
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IN December, 1859, the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION presented to Mr. CHARLES CLIFFORD, of London, a vote of thanks,' inscribed on vellum, in acknowledgment of his indefatigable exertions in inventing and...
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Dies Of Original Rnli Medal For Gallantry: Fig I (Left) Obverse Fig 2 (Right) Reverse. - View image in PDF
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FOLLOWING on the Conferences of Hcnorary Secretaries already held at Ijlargate in the South-East of England, at Scarborough and Manchester in the North of England, and in London, a Conference of Honorary Secretaries and workers in South...
Category: Meetings
WE deeply lament to record the death of Mr. LYALL, the much-respected Deputy- Chairman of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which event took place on the 12th October.
Mr. LYALL was the son of the late Mr. GEOEGE LYALL,...
Category: Obituaries