A 20 mile sponsored walk in aid of the R.N.L.I. set many feet walking from Bognor Regis to Selsey. On the left Mr F. W. Shearing, chairman of Bognor Regis Urban Council, is shown with some of the walkers before they started their... - View image in PDF
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JUNE 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.48 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about four miles to the north-east. A strong north-east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 1 motor...
Speedy rescue saves diver Helmsman David Fordy and Crew Member Michael Hoyle were both standing at the front door of the Seahouses boathouse when the call came. An exhausted diver was in difficulty in confused seas near a cliff face. He...
Miss TAYLOR, of Hauxley, has been presented with the Coxswain's Certificate of Service which would have been awarded to her late father, GEORGE TAYLOR, Coxswain at Hauxley for twenty years, on his retirement, had he not, unfortunately,...
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Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 12.50 p.m. on 4th May, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a nine year old boy had to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment. As there was no other suitable boat available,...
Torbay, Devon - At 12.20 a.m. on I4th May, 1967, it was reported that a car had been seen to run over the headland close to the look-out. The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings, with the small boarding boat in tow, at...
Life-boat 70-001 - At 6.25 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, three boys were reported stranded on some rocks north of Hartland quay. The 7O-foot life-boat Charles H.
Barrett (Civil Service No. 55) proceeded at 6.30 in a south...
JUNE 14TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
A light, thought to be a distress signal, had been seen, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 4s. 9d..
Thursday, 1st Sept., 1864. Capt. Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Keward...
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The colourful 'Magic Roundabout' float, entered by the Dreel Tavern, taking part in Anstrutner lifeboat station's annual gala. Photo William F. Flett. - View image in PDF
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