At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 23rd day of March, 1889, The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, P.O., M.P., in the Chair, the...
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The first two life-boats for the Italian life-boat service, which is about to be formed, will both be of the 52-foot Barnett type. They are being built by Groves and Guttridge at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
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Fraserburgh, June 25, 1986: The arrival of the Duke of Kent was heralded by the skirl of bagpipes as lifeboatman Robert Morrice, piper for the day, led the official party to the platform where the Duke was to name the town's new 47ft... - View image in PDF
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Jazz on a different day Cheltenham branch has recently circulated some 1,000 copies of its busy fundraising diary-but unfortunately the date of the Jazz train event, originally scheduled for 27 July 1996, has had to be changed to 3 August...
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The TV presenter and author talks Cornwall, creativity and crabbing
What inspired someone who’s spent a lot of their life around London to write about a tiny Cornish fishing village? I’ve loved Cornwall, especially Looe,...
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The coxswain, motor mechanic and bowman visit London to receive medals (see page 705). - View image in PDF
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Knights in shining armour left to right: Roy Turner of Christchurch branch committee; Geoff and Val Winship; one of the jousting knights; Dennis Duddy, branch treasurer and Eric Freeman, branch chairman.. - View image in PDF
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From a boy's essay: "A life-boatman must possess great courage, a spirit of self-sacrifice, and a water-proof.".
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Over the weekend of May 17 and 18, 185 motor cruisers from 16 boat clubs on the River Thames assembled for Twickenham and District branch's 21st annual inter-club regatta at The Queen's Promenade, Kingston-upon-Thames. After an... - View image in PDF
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Olive Laura Deare Mrs Olive Deare A naming ceremony for the E class lifeboat at Gravesend station, on the Thames, took place on Saturday, 26 April at the Fort Gardens. The O Ve Laura Deare is the first E class lifeboat to be improved and...
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