THE MAIN SHORELINE office has now moved from Salisbury to the new Headquarters building at Poole. This has entailed the movement of records and equipment and changes in clerical staff.
While we are, of course, making every...
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Stars of a 'Going for a Song' evening arranged by Ashtead and Leatherhead branches last November were (I. to r.) Richard Baker as chairman with contestants Mollie Sugden and Bill Pertwee. Two experts, Brian Clarke and Alastair... - View image in PDF
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WE wish to draw the attention of all readers of The Life-boat to a song called " The Life-boatman," the words and music of which have been written by Mr. Louis Drakeford. This song is being published, under the auspices of the...
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WALMER, KENT. On the 18th January, 1939, the motor boat Rose Marie helped the life-boat to save the yacht Leigh Hall. -Rewards, £3 10s., 12s. for fuel used and 12s.
for damage to tow-rope.
(For a...
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Over 70% of our planet’s surface is water but who is in charge of traffic on this vast highway and how has maritime law evolved?
This year sees the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the...
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(Above) Mrs Pat Whittaker, district organising secretary (NE), presents to Her Majesty Mrs Audrey Woore, chairman, Hartlepool Headland ladies guild and (below) General Farrant presents Sir William Gladstone, The Chief Scout, and a Scout... - View image in PDF
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Official visits The RNLI was host to several visitors in the early part of 1990, each with a different interest in the Institution and its work.
On 24 January Patrick McLoughlin MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State...
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Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Reported the much lamented death on the 2nd instant of His Grace ALGERNON GEORGE PERCY, Sixth DUKE...
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The RNLI's Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings continues his look at the Institution's shore facilities T;• he effects of coastal geology on the costs of operating the lifeboat service may not be immediately apparent, but the relative...
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AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Tuesday, the 15th day of March, The'Eight Honourable the EARL OF CREWE, K.G., in the Chair, the...
Category: Annual Reports