On the left the old: Bowman Joseph Taylor, Second-Coxswain Tom Patton, Coxswain Andrew Tose On the right (reading left to right) the new : Bowman Robert Taylor, Coxswain Robert Patton, Second-Coxswain George Taylor. (Photograph taken in 1931... - View image in PDF
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Many years ago there was the-launching of the Mumbles/hearse Before the boathouse and slipway were built, the RNLI owned two horses to haul the Mumbles boat on a carriage over the wide mud flats into the water. One day the local undertaker...
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Whitby, Yorkshire - At 12.40 p.m.
on 5th January, 1967, news was received that three local fishing vessels were still at sea and the weather was deteriorating rapidly with very heavy seas breaking at the approach to the...
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THE Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Committee of this Fund was held ; on the 20th ultimo, and was presided j over by the Right Hon. Sir RALPH II. [ KNOX, K.C.B. Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the Hon. Secretary, reported that, not- withstanding...
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Bob Kemm (r). assistant general manager of Leicester Bui/ding Societv, hands a cheque for £8.000 to Lord Stanley of Alderley. a member of the Committee of Management, at the central jetty. Earls Court.. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 29TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 10.14 P.M. a message was received from the Berry Head coastguard that a Belgian trawler was seen to be dragging her anchors, close to Daddyhole A strong E.S.E. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. At...