PROPELLER WAS FOULED At 8.40 a.m. on ist June, 1964, the local motor fishing vessel Venus II reported to Whitby harbour by radio telephone that she had fouled her propeller with crab pots. Twenty minutes later the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth...
Arbroath's 42ft Watson lifeboat, The Duke of Montrose, went on station in 1956. - View image in PDF
She was exhibited at the International Lifeboat Conference at Edinburgh in 1963.. - View image in PDF
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Three canoeists who, last year, made the first ever canoe expedition by coastal and inland waters from John O' Groats to Lands End, present a cheque for £500 to John Lunch, a member of the Committee of Management, at the centre pool... - View image in PDF
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Wordage: £5.50 per single column centimetre (minimum charge £16.50. NB: The minimum of 3cm takes about 45 words at 15 words per cm). With illustration: £12 per single column centimetre (minimum charge...
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YACHT TOWED TO HARBOUR Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.40 on the morning of the 13th March, 1963, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the harbour bar and in need of help. The weather was fine with light airs and a...
In a New Year's Day's tug-of-war, Beaumaris lifeboat crew (left) beat the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club for the second year running. As the two teams got their breath back John Berry presented a cheque for £1,200 to Mrs Nancy Lomax,... - View image in PDF
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On Sunday, June 5, Mr and Mrs Jack Bunn were hosts at the Maybush Inn, Newbridge-on-Thames, for the Maybush Jubilee Festival and Regatta, organised with Witney branch. Sheep dog handling, country dancing, tug-of-war and an evening of... - View image in PDF
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Rockets were fired from the Wold Lightship, and the Cockle Light afterwards fired guns and rockets, during a light N.N.W. breeze on the night of the 16th December. At 10 o'clock the Caister No. 1 Life-boat, Covent Garden, was launched...
An auction of anonymous postcard-sized artwork raised over £3,000 for the RNLI at the Margate Harbour Arm gallery on 11 September.
Celebrities, professional artists and amateurs contributed to the 100 pieces up for...
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