Margate, Kent. —At 12.17 in the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing vessel had broken down and was drifting three and. a half miles north- north-east of the pier. A strong north- north-west...
The well-known artist, Ben Maile, who has been selected as one of Britain's top ten artists by the Fine Art Guilds for the past three years, has painted a new painting of the St Ives lifeboat at sea. An edition limited to 600 of signed...
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LIFE-BOAT REFLOATS GROUNDED COBLE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 8.40 a.m. on Friday the 30th August, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing coble Dorothy was ashore at Danes Dyke and that another coble was going to...
ENGINES HAD STOPPED As the fishing coble Premier was known to be at sea and the weather conditions were rapidly deteriorating the life-boat crew assembled at 7.30 a.m. on loth November, 1963. At 9.10 the coastguard informed the honorary...
SPRING 2018 RESULTS
Congratulations to Mr WD Wilson from Dorset who won our first prize of £5,000 cash.
OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Mrs B Flippence, Essex
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Islay, Hebrides.—At 3.40 on the morning of the 26th of January, 1957, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that the fishing vessel Present Help, with a crew of nine, was ashore at the northern end of Lismore Island. At 4.21 the life-boat...
Municipal Life Assurance announces a unique new fund-raising campaign in partnership with the R.N.L.I.
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Municipal Life Assurance announces a unique new fund-raising campaign in partnership with the R.N.L.I.
How your investment in a top-performing unit trust or savings plan will help to pay for a new R.N. L.I....
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Many colleges have their own sports teams, but how many can claim to have their own lifeboat crew? At Atlantic College, a crew made up of teachers and students is on call, ready to swap the classrooms and quarters at St Donat's Castle...
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Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 6.10 in the evening of the 29th of November, 1949, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Rosemary was overdue. The life-boat Herbert Joy II was therefore launched at 6.20 in a smooth...