Window of faith church members are also very proud of the stained glass lifeboat window which was installed during the reconstruction of the church in 1956 after war damage.
It was therefore in August last year that the... - View image in PDF
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NO FOOD ON BOARD At 6.47 p.m. on loth November, 1964, the honorary secretary was told that the Tilbury ferry Edith, on passage from Harwich to Tilbury, was anchored near South Shoebury buoy because of thick fog without food, water or...
7th December. A ketch was driven ashore, but her crew of two managed to scramble to safety.— Rewards, £32 14s. lOd..
APRIL 18TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
An Admiralty ketch had been damaged while engaged on salvage work, but she was towed into harbour by another vessel. - Rewards, £8 18s..
Roger Leigh-Wood DL, a life vicepresident of the RNLI. Mr Leigh-Wood joined the Committee of Management in 1956 and served as deputy treasurer from 1961-1971. He was made a vicepresident in 1972 and a life vice-president in 1981..
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Eastbourne- Mersey Royal Thames Monday 6 September 1993 dawned fair over the Sovereign Harbour where Eastbourne's new Mersey class was to be named and dedicated by HRH Princess Michael of Kent.
The Princess was greeted...
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The death occurred on 9th June, 1969, of Mr. W. C. Payne, a former Assistant Secretary of the R.N.L.I., who joined the Institution in 1911. He retired in 1947..
Category: Obituaries
Hands up! The Western Pioneers Show Team, a group of disabled and able-bodied people from West Wickhurn, 'held up' customers in aid of the RNLl. During a countrywide promotion each Texaco garage adopted a local charitv for three davs... - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 10TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. At four in the afternoon a small fishing boat was seen to be aground at Ringley Ridge. A moderate north-westerly breeze was blowing and the sea was calm, but it was thought advisable to...