Port Erin, Isle of Man. At six o'clock on the morning of the 9th of July, 1958, a member of the branch committee telephoned the honorary secretary to say he had been woken by the noise of a ship's siren sounding several short blasts...
Exhausted windsurfer A WINDSURFER had got into difficulties 300 feet off Morecambe stone jetty on the afternoon of Tuesday August 20, 1985. He was spotted from the promenade by a passer-by who immediately rang Liverpool coastguard. By 1420...
As he restrings his tenor guitar, Seth Lakeman can’t help but have a smile on his face. He’s backstage at a music festival, enjoying the calm before another whirlwind performance. A few days earlier, his new album was propelled into the top...
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Difficult conditions as two casualties are taken from the shore The rescue of two people cut off by the tide in difficult and dangerous conditions has led to Sean Baxter, the helmsman of Staithes and Runswick's Atlantic 21 lifeboat,...
THE new motor life-boat at Llandudno which has replaced a pulling and sailing life-boat, was formally inaugurated on 28th September. She is a Welsh gift, having been built out of legacies received from the late Dr. Thomas Richards, of...
Category: Inaugurations
Tynemouth, Northumberland, and Sunderland, Co. Durham.—18th February. An empty tug had broken away from tow, but was picked up by a steamer.—• Rewards, Tynemouth, £22 3s. 6d.; Sunderland, £19 5s. 3d..
Newhaven, Sussex.—13th September, 1938. A search was made for an overdue fishing boat, but she came in unaided.—Rewards £11 7s. 6d..
F. Carl Seager MBE, appointed an honorary life governor in 1988 in recognition of his service to the Reigate and Redhill branch in various capacities..
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Dog watch: one of these two is Second Coxswain David Lemonius of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat. The other is an imposter named Willum.. - View image in PDF
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Mrs D. J. Wilkes of Llandudno, a keen and dedicated supporter of the lifeboat service for many years, she was appointed an honorary life governor in 1964..
Category: Obituaries