37' Rather class lifeboat Hampshire Rose went on service at Walmer on February 3. On passage to her station she visited Lymington (left), Southampton and Gosport, giving the opportunity for her to be visited by the Earl of Malmesbury,... - View image in PDF
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OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (,'fliejigurei refer to the numbers nf the Life~bo&tt detailed an the ten preceding Pages.) A. F. H., 134, Cyclist Life-boat Fund, 23. Homan, E. Esq., 118. Popham, Mrs., the laM, 224....
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As announced in the last issue of The Lifeboat, the Committee of Management decided in May that every Life-boat Station, on the completion of a hundred years, should be presented with a Vellum to be hung in the Town Hall or other public...
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A jumble sale with unusual features was organised by Lady Templetown for the Kirkcudbright branch. The older clothes given for the sale were sold in the usual manner, but a number of Lady Templetown's young friends acted as models to...
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THE Institution has decided to fit Aqualite L.20 automatic lights on all life-jackets in use in the service.
Trials of this lighting device have been carried out at twelve life-boat stations since April, 1960. The lights...
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Another valuable contribution to life-boat history has been made by Grahame Farr in his latest volume in the Wreck and Rescue Series. This tells the story of the South Devon life-boats (Wreck and Rescue on the Coast of Devon, D. Bradford...
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Bear necessities Mrs Mary Woods of Hamble ladies' guild, has been knitting personalized teddy bears since 1984, and the proceeds of the sale some 466 teddies has provided three Neil Robertson stretchers for Beaumaris, Eastbourne and...
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HALF PRICE OFFER ON 2 CDs OR 2 TAPES DANCE BAND 2 TAPES WERE £15 95 2 CDs WERE £1795 NOW ONLY £8.95 Relive those wonderful ballroom memories with these legendary British dance bands on this magnificent collection . ....
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List of New Branches.
THE following new Branches have been formed since the list published in The Lifeboat for February, 1927 :— Branch.
Abergavenny . . . . .
Abertillery . . . ....
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Honorary Life-Governor.
DR. R. JULYAN GEORGE, M.D., has been elected an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help which he has given at Port Isaac, Brixham, and Paignton during his fifty...
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