* You'll never do it,' they said. ' You're mad . . .' but Dickon Sandbach and Nick Bale, undeterred, brought to reality their dream: a charity cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats. For two years they... - View image in PDF
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Howth, Co. Dublin.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th August, 1953, a message was received that two boats were in difficulties off Ireland's Eye. At 4.15 the life-boat R.P.L.
was launched, with the bowman...
Blue Peter IV is centre stage CBBC 8/ue Peter presenter Konnie Huq named the latest addition to the RNLI's fleet of Blue Peter-funded lifeboats at the 2005 London Boat Show in January. Gathered round the RNLI exhibition stand, the crowd...
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DURING December, 1951, life-boats went out on service 35 times and rescued 15 lives.
ENGINE BROKEN DOWN Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 3.7 in the morning of the 5th of December, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a woman had...
Category: Services
Older lifeboats had an honoured place: The Elliott Gill (left), one of the Liverpool lifeboats, and Robert and Ellen Robson, the ex- Whitby pulling boat. - View image in PDF
A launching tractor nearby was a constant joy to children.. - View image in PDF
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THE Institution is having for sale this year two Christmas Cards, one in colours, the other in black and white, and a pocket calendar.
The card in colour will have a reproduction of a painting by the late Mr. L. Wyllie, R.A...
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It's late, it's dark and it's raining, but the Oakley is ashore and The Princess Royal is on her carriage for the first time. So all we have to do now is launch her again and then retrieve her before we go home to bed…. - View image in PDF
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THE exhibition of life-boat photographs which has already been shown in London, Edinburgh and Birmingham has, during the latter part of the year, been on a tour of the North-East of England, and has been shown at York, Bradford, Sunderland...
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Fishing vessel founders THE FRENCH FISHING VESSEL Cite d'Aleth, in distress, was reported to the honorary secretary of Rosslare Harbour lifeboat station by MRCC Shannon at 0634 on Wednesday January 12. At first it was reported that Cite...
Whitby, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 17th of February, 1958, three local fishing vessels were at sea. Later the weather deteriorated, and the vessels were informed by radio-telephone that the harbour bar was very...