(Right) A stained glass window has been donated to Cullercoats Methodist Church by Mrs E. J. Scot! in memory of her brother, John Heddon Scott, lout in the Cullercoats J93St lifeboat disaster. It was designed and painted by Geoff R. Ramm and... - View image in PDF
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Wreck and Rescue in the Bristol Channel by Grahame Farr (D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, 305.) tells in the first of two volumes the story of the English life- boats in those waters.
Of the life-boat stations detailed in...
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THE magnificence and terror of a gale on the rock-bound coasts of Cornwall can scarcely be exaggerated. The long impe- tuous swell of the great Atlantic, flinging itself on the rugged granite cliffs which guard the shores, is by its own...
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The Institution has lost, by the death of Miss E.'M. Jordan, of Dover, in April of this year, one of its latest, but one of its most enthusiastic honorary workers.
She became the Honorary Secretary of the Dover...
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Nafsiporos adrift in winds in excess of 100 knots, December 2, 1966.. - View image in PDF
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ON SUNDAY, December 1, 1974, a service of thanksgiving and dedication on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the RNLI was held in St Giles' Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh. It was a simple but moving service, with clergy from...
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As reported on page 108, 46-foot 9-inch and 47-foot Watson class life-boats are being fitted with two selfinflatable bags which will bring them back to the upright position if they should capsize once. The pictures, beginning left with a... - View image in PDF
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APRIL 1998 Mrs E V Gardner. Nutley branch president from 1997 until her death. Mrs Gardner was Walton and Hersham branch honorary secretary from 1972 to 1988 and then Nutley branch honorary secretary until 1997. She received a silver badge...
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At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 18th day of March, 1893, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., in the Chair, the...
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From a print in the possession of Mr. J. E. Hooper. Hon. Secretary of the Natural History Museum and Antiquarian Society of Penzance. The race was in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, between the Life-boats stationed at St. Ives,...
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