Lifeboat car? In late September when driving from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, I passed a Triumph saloon car towing a caravan, the car bearing the registration RNL 1 which was condensed to read RNLI. The car also bore an RNLI flag on the...
Category: Correspondence
KINLOSS, ELGINSHIRE. At 11.40 in the morning of the 27th August, 1941, it was reported to the Burghead coastguard hy the R.A.F. at Kinloss, that an aeroplane had come down in the sea two miles north of Kinloss. Three men put out from...
Category: Services
Ramsgate, Kent.—13th July, 1938. An open boat had been reported driftingby the North Goodwin Light-vessel, but it was found to be a large packing-case.
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IN the Coronation Honours Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., T.D., M.A.
secretary of the Institution, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and Captain Q. Craufurd, R.X., honorary secretary of the...
Category: Awards
The Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, life-boat James & Mariska Joicey—she is a 48-foot 6-inch Solent type with a steel hull—undergoing capsizing tests before going to her station. The pictures show her upside down and, seconds later, back on an... - View image in PDF
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Fig 5: An Arun lifeboat inverted during her self-righting trials. Note how high she rides on her wheelhouse. A limited area in the centre of the boat, the 'envelope', will always be clear of the static water level.. - View image in PDF
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An Easter egg, so large it would have defeated Goliath, was raffled by Mablethorpe guild, raising £221.80. The chocolate egg weighed in at 14lbs and stood 18 inches high. The guild has not been in existence long but in 1984 was able to... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Marion Pearce MBE, honorary secretary of St Ives ladies' guild from 1932 to 1968, chairman until 1983 and then president until her death. She was awarded a Gold badge in 1958, a Bar to the Gold badge in 1970 and became an honorary...
Category: Obituaries
November 1996 Colonel Kenneth L. C. Wright MBE TD, former chairman of the Portishead branch. Ken joined the branch in March 1976, serving as chairman until October 1976 but remained an active member of the committee until his death. He was...
Category: Obituaries