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Some Ways of Raising Money
Carol singers were out in force before Christmas. In the London area, members of the Mermaid Committee raised £40.41, and Frances Brace with a group of her friends from Forms 5 and 6 of Godolphin and Latymer School collected £93.46...
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The French Chasse-Maree Eleanore, of Nantes
On the night of the 4th November a French chasse-maree, the JSleanore, of Nantes, was driven on shore on the West Sand off Blakeney, the wind blowing hard from N.N.W., and the night hazy. At daylight the vessel was seen from the shore, and...
The Armed Trawler Dungeness
NOVEMBER 15-25TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 3.25 A.M. a message was received from the Haisboro’ coastguard that a trawler was ashore near the Haisboro’ Gap. A light southerly breeze was blowing and there was a heavy ground...
Seaway Endeavour
Nine rescued from ketch ashore on sands near Chichester Bar A difficult service which led to the rescue of nine people from a yacht aground on the East Pole Sands, just outside Chichester Harbour, has led to the chairman of the RNLI sending...
International Boat Show
AS THE CLIMAX of 'The Year of the Lifeboat', the RNLI will be playing a prominent part in the 1975 International Boat Show at Earls Court from January 1 to 11. The very first thing visitors approaching the exhibition from Warwick...
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Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
SUNSHINE greeted lifeboat people from all parts of the country who began to gather on South Bank, by the River Thames, early on Tuesday May 11 for what was to be a most moving and memorable day.
It was a day which...
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Complete diamonds
Volunteers Ian and Sue Bell have rather an unusual role with the RNLI – and have raised over £47,000 towards saving lives at sea
This active retired couple take care of the diverse range...
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Dunscore
Early on the morning of the 5th December fishermen about the harbour saw red flares a few miles due east.
An E.N.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The weather was very cold, with heavy blasts of rain. With some...
Fishing Boats (1)
Early on the morning of the 2nd March. ; several local fishing boats and cobles put to sea. By 9 A.M. the sea was making fast and breaking at the pier ends ; and the river, running strongly out of the harbour, made the entrance dangerous. A...