Decca was the first radar set aboard a lifeboat in this country.
That same Decca set is still serving on the same lifeboat; still guiding men through hard seas to safe harbours.
When the call is for solid...
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New Brighton, Cheshire - At 9.30 a.m. on i6th April, 1967, while the lifeboat Norman B. Corlett was on exercise, information was received that the coaster Middledale H. had run aground off Langton dock. She had a line ashore and was waiting...
Pool in the pool! Competitors cued up in sub aqua equipment to take the plunge after two full-size tables were lowered into Crosby swimming pool. Spectators watched through special viewing holes below the waterline and many joined in the fun... - View image in PDF
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A lifeboat cake made by Mrs Ann Griffin of the West Bromwich and Wednesbury branch was the star attraction at the dinner and dance held by the branch at the Gala Suite, West Bromwich. Weighing 25lb the bottom layer, which represented the sea... - View image in PDF
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Members of Bilton Cricket Club, Harrogate (left), completed a 65 mile bed push from their clubhouse to Filey lifeboat station during September.
Teams of six took turns to push and with an overnight stop half way they... - View image in PDF
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Cromarty on the Black Isle in the Highlands of Scotland held its boat club regatta in July. The Cromarty and Resolis ladies guild set a up stall to tempt both locals and tourists to part with their money.
The guild raised... - View image in PDF
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NOV. 26TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
At 11.33 A.M. a barge was flying distress signals near the Jenkin Buoy. A westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. At 11.55 A.M. the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil...
The RNLI has a long history of family involvement. It is not unusual for several generations of one family to volunteer and many stations see a handful of names turn up time and again in the station history. Happily this tradition does not... - View image in PDF
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OCTOBER 2 2ND. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Shortly before noon the sea became heavy, with an easterly wind blowing.
A number of fishing boats were making for harbour and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at noon...
MARCH 8TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE.
At 2.30 in the afternoon the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take to Oban a young girl who was ill with appendicitis and in a critical condition. The motor...