On Saturday evening August 7, 1982, a joint event was held by Beer and District branch and the Axminster Girl Guides Association, which was attended by about 12,000 people and raised about £850 for the lifeboats. There was a camp fire... - View image in PDF
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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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The Annual Meeting The Prince of Wales and Coxswain Blogg of Cromer Standing. - View image in PDF
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During the visit of the Prince of Wales, in December last, to Londes- borough Park, John Owston, coxswain of the Scarborough Life-boat, belonging to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION, was in attendance upon the Earl of Londesborough...
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At about 5.45 A.M. on the 15th February flares were observed by the Coastguard about five miles E.N.E. of Cromer, and he promptly reported to the Coxswain of the Life-boat Louisa Heartwell. On arriving at the vessel, which proved to be the...
Four years ago two Buckie golf clubs, Buckpool and Strathlene, combined to run an annual open golf men's tournament in aid of the RNLI. It is held in alternate years at each club. In 1975 a tournament for ladies was started to be played...
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Launches 61 Lives rescued 72
FEBRUARY 1ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 12.24 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen four miles south-west-by-west of Clacton pier, and half an hour later...
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Creyv board boat face danger and tragedy inside cave on Atlantic coast The crew of the Arun stationed at Ballyglass on the exposed north west coast of Ireland faced unusual dangers last October when the lifeboat and her Y-Boat were involved...
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Sand dredger Sir Cedric, making water fast, was towed from three miles west ofTrevose Light back to harbour on October 11,1975, byPadstow's 48' 6" Oakley lifeboat James and Catherine Macfarlane under the command of Coxswain A.... - View image in PDF
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