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Lolene Foxley Mbe.
March 1998 lolene Foxley MBE. Elected chairman in 1975 of the then Edgbaston and Harbourne ladies guild and remained an active committee member up to her death. In 1993 she was awarded with a certificate in recognition for her...
Category: Obituaries
Pedalo Power
An eight-hour pedalo trip organised by the Aylsham and District branch, North Norfolk, raised £900 for lifeboats. Members and friends of the branch covered the 25-mile stretch along the River Bure. The sponsored event was supported by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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SEPT. 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. An explosion had been reported in the neighbourhood of the Corton Light-vessel, but the life-boat found that the light-vessel itself was all right, and there was no sign of any ship in...
A Patrol Boat
DECEMBER 19TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
No news had been received from an R.A.F. launch which had put off to the help of a small patrol boat, but it was found that she had returned sometime before. - Rewards, £16...
A Fishing Boat (3)
NOVEMBER 2ND. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. A fishing boat had been delayed by an engine breakdown, but got in, unseen by the life-boat, in a fog. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
A Raft
DECEMBER 2ND. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
A ship’s boat had been reported at sea, but the life-boat only found an empty raft which she could not bring in owing to the rough sea.
- Rewards, £17 4s....
A British Wellington Bombing Aeroplane (1)
AUGUST 26TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Wellington bombing aeroplane had come down in the sea, but an R.A.F. launch rescued her seven men from a rubber dinghy. - Rewards : Barmouth,...
Aeroplanes (5)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
During an air battle several aeroplanes, both British and German, crashed into the sea, but the life-boat found nothing but patches of oil. - Rewards, £6 3s. 6d..
73 Takes Command.
When an American aeroplane came down in the sea near Caister the coxswain and other regular members of the crew were away, but ex-Coxswain Charles Lacock, aged 73, took command, three soldiers helped to make up the crew, and the life-boat...
Category: Articles
A Steamer (6)
MARCH 3RD. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An unknown steamer had been reported heading for rocks east of the harbour, but she seemed to get clear and then was lost in the darkness. - Rewards, £14 9s. 6d.