IT is a commonly-received opinion, that if a line can only be thrown over a stranded vessel, the salvation of those on board her is almost secured. It seems to be presumed that those at either end of this slender com- munication, after...
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How many branches have had a whole island put at their disposal for a picnic supper? Broadstone branch had such an honour when Mr and Mrs H. J.
Palmer kindly allowed them to use Round Island in Poole Harbour in...
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This 1/12th scale model of the 47-foot Watson Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) ex Thurso life-boat is for sale at £290 of which £80 will be donated to the R.N.L.I. Officials of the Institution agree it is one of the finest life-boat...
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at Porthcawl, talking with Lt John Unwin, divisional inspector of lifeboats (West) and members of the ILB crew.. - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 19TH. ~ ABERDEEN. At 1.54 in the morning information was received from the coastguard that the steam trawler T. L.
Devlin, of Granton, had sprung a leak and needed help. A southerly gale was blowing, with heavy...
TWICE during th? past summer Life- boats have saved the lives of bathers who had got into difficulties. On each occasion the Life-boat was out on other duties and went to the rescue in the nick of time.
On the afternoon...
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The smacks John and ftrace, of Mjlford, and Mary, of j Cardigan, having, from the violence of the gale, then blowing from N.E., parted their cables and driven on to the Grood- wick Sands, the Life-boat Sir Edward Perrott was launched and...
MRS. BELLA MATTISON whose portrait is on page 254 is the last of the fisher- wives of Cullercoats to eollect for the Life-boat Service.
The collections started in 1922 when twenty-six of the fisherwives, among them Mrs....
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Discussing the merits of their Atlantic 21 and SPIDOT launching trolley with Edward Heath are two members of Littlestone-on- Sea ILB crew, Charlie Davies and Paul Reed.. - View image in PDF
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Dedication of D class 1LB Gwynaeth: Miss Milburn with the ILB crew; Senior Helmsman Michael Coates on right. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Tindale's. - View image in PDF
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