About 11.40 on the morning of the 31st July, 1962, an 11-foot dinghy capsized about a mile north-west of St.
Helens fort off Bembridge in the Isle of Wight. There were three people aboard, a Mr. Gleave and his eleven-...
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First lifeboat at Skegness, 30ft overall, was built by William Plenty. - View image in PDF
She is portrayed here going to the rescue of the brig Hermione in 1833, Coxswain Samuel Moody at her helm.. - View image in PDF
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In Brief TO MARK his 50th birthday, Vincent Magrath of Tarn worth asked that instead of presents his fellow Rotarians and friends give their money to the RNLI. Chairman of Tamworth ladies' guild, Marion Appleby- Matthews, was invited to...
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Helpers at Dungeness moving skids in position in preparation for hauling up the life-boat to its new boat house built on a shingle mound.. - View image in PDF
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As the year rolls round, and in the midst of great storms, this sad tidings of disaster; at sea, the Wreck Register, makes its ap- pearance, and brings afresh to our recollec- tion the scenes of desolation witnessed on too many parts of our...
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The ladies oj Kirkburton guild. West Yorkshire, together with many friends, volunteered to be extras in a training film made recently for the National Biscuit Company at Hillards stores.
After a very entertaining afternoon,... - View image in PDF
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by courtesy of the 'Eastern Daily Press' At Wells, Norfolk, a road has been named after Coxswain Theodore Neilsen who was a famous wartime coxswain.
In 1942, for example, he searched a sinking Lancaster bomber for... - View image in PDF
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RNLI Cook Books, signed by recipe contributors well known in the world of sport, went like hot cakes. Offshore yachtsman the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, MP, supported by Sergeant Frank Elverson, did a roaring trade.. - View image in PDF
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BEFORE the invasion of the Romans, York was one of the chief towns of the Brigantes, the most powerful of the British Tribes. By them it was known as Yure- Wic, and even at that time was a place of importance. The parent city is sup- posed...
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THE fishermen round the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland play, as may naturally be supposed, the most important part in manning the fleet of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and it is of course to their co-operation that the...
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