NOVEMBER 28TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
A parachutist from an aeroplane had been seen descending eight miles from Peveril Point, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 1s..
Grace Horsley Darling was born on 24 November 1815 in her grandparents’ cottage in Bamburgh. She was the seventh child of Thomasin and William Darling.
William was Lighthouse Keeper on Brownsman Island. Grace and her eight...
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YEARS OF THEIR LIVES - CORRECTION
Many thanks to reader Mark Harvey who contacted us about the main image for the Years of Their Lives feature in the last edition. According to our archive...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 6.20 on the morning of the 10th Decem- ber, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Wiema of Groningen had developed a heavy list through her cargo...
Ian picks the winners Ian Ventham, RNLI Head of Fundraising and Marketing, (pictured with Judith Saint, Finance and Systems Manager) drew the winners of the Lifeboat Lottery on 29 October. The 87th draw, which took place at lifeboat...
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Canine calamity! Filey's inshore lifeboat was called out in March this year to help rescue a dog that was cut off by the tide and stranded on rocks.
Photo: Graham Taylor Coastguards had previously climbed down 60m of...
Dover, Kent. At 6.11 on the morn- ing of the 30th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a coaster was aground in St. Margaret's Bay. The honorary secretary asked for further information, and at seven o'...
Fishermen saved after 20 hours in ferocious blizzard It took a joint effort by the Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh lifeboats, RAF and coastguard helicopters and local fishermen to locate two friends who got lost while out whelking on 27...
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Bob Silverson (r.), senior boatbuilder, shows Rother building at William Osbornes, Littlehampton, to Richard Belchamber, district surveyor of lifeboats (South East). Note slender building batten (arrowed) running the length of the boat... - View image in PDF
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