At the presentation of the PR awards: (I to r) Dugal Nisbet-Smith, John Bird, Raymond Baxter, Mallory Maltby, Brian Green and Helen Fraser of Fontana.. - View image in PDF
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Aith, Shetlands.—20th August, 1939.
Rockets had been seen by the coastguard, and a message was received that a Royal Air Force aeroplane was missing, but the life-boat found nothing.
—Rewards, £8 13,9...
EIGHT new motor life-boats were named during the summer of 1949, two on the English coast, at Swanage and East- bourne, three on the Welsh coast, at New Quay (Cardigan), Barmouth, and Porthdinllaen, two in Northern Ireland, at Portrush and...
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Margate: (Left) With the floor broken up by waves, inside of lifeboat house stands open to the sea. - View image in PDF
Slipway can be seen on left. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Christopher Fright. - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Atlantic 21 was launched on May 16 to bring back a diver with a badly cut head who had been injured while working on the wrecked oil tanker Eleni V. While Helmsman Michael Mitchell set course for the ILB station,... - View image in PDF
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In IV75 when Herne Junior School in Petersfield first opened in Love Lane a pupil presented Sir Alec Rose with a flag for the Walmer lifeboat. Hampshire Rose, and said 'When it wears out can we buy another'.'' In February,... - View image in PDF
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The thousandth member to be signed on at the London International Boat Show last January was Mr M. S.
Bravery (r.). With him (I. to r.) are two of the volunteer enrolling team, Harold Appleton and Ian Taylor, Mrs Bravery... - View image in PDF
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Honey', owned by Weymouth's life-boat mechanic, Mr. D. Sargent, once picked up a large collecting box, sat on the quayside with it for a couple of hours, and collected £2 for the R.N.LI. That was the start of the dog's... - View image in PDF
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you are a full, off-shore or associate member of the RNLI, you are entitled to wear or show: (left) a 5" dinghy burgee in dark blue with lifeboat flag, price £1.25; a 12" or 8" hoist flag in dark blue with lifeboat flag... - View image in PDF
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A welcome for the Duke from the crowds as he walked up to the exhibition site with the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor F.Johnson (right) and Captain Nigel Dixon, Director RNLI. . . .
photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
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