Kirkcudbright. At 12.40 on the after- noon of the 30th of April, 1959, the coxswain was told that the motor fishing vessel Liberty of Ballantrae needed help six miles south-by-east of Little Ross.
The life-boat /. B. Couper...
THE City of Salford branch organized a Swimming Gala in celebration of the King's Silver Jubilee. The baths where it was held were lent and decorated with flowers by the Corporation. Mr.
L. B. Todd, secretary of the...
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BOOKs From cargos of coffee and tobacco to the thrills of speedboat testing, from learning the ropes to total disaster - Carol Waterkeyn and Sam Price review four more titles to bring you closer to the sea Unless other ordering details are...
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MAY 17TH. - FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE.
At 8.30 A.M. the coxswain received information from the Pembrey coastguard that a vessel was in difficulties on the Cefn Sidan Sands, and at 9.25 A.M. the motor life-boat William...
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Ramsgate, Kent. — On the 6th of February, 1948, the motor barge Glen- wood, of Rochester, bound for Newport in the Isle of Wight, got into difficulties off Dumpton Gap. She was seen by the North Goodwin Light-vessel, which sent...
Hush money: during one Monday in July Lang/on County Primary School, Ma/ton, North Yorkshire, must have been the quietest school in the country. A sponsored silence was held, with junior pupils being quiet for an hour while the infants kept... - View image in PDF
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A link with the Aldeburgh life-boat disaster of 7th December, 1899, has been broken by the death of Mr. P. H. Thorp. He was the last surviving member of the crew associated with the Aldeburgh life-boat of 1899..
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From a Boy of Seven.
The following letter, enclosing 3s., from St. Edmunds, West Mersea, near Colchester, was received by the Honorary Secretary at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston not long after the service to the Georgia, in...
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At 2 P.M.
on the 2nd February it was necessary to launch the No. 1 Life-boat Forester, to assist four of the fishing cobles, which were at sea, the weather having become very rough, with a N.N.W. gale and very choppy sea....