ON 24th November the ketch Ceres, of Bude, Cornwall, left Swansea for Bude with a cargo of eighty tons of slag.
Her crew was a skipper and a mate.
They intended to go over Bideford Bar for the night, but...
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...and where it all came from - the 16,000sq ft Fulfilment Centre in Thirsk.. - View image in PDF
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Eight Lloyds Bank staff from Petersfield branch, their friends and customers together with an East Hampshire Post reporter made a sponsored parachute jump last April.
The adventurous group, who raised £750 for... - View image in PDF
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Mary Gabriel, second lifeboat presented to the RNLI by Major Gabriel, outside Guildhall, London. On board are Major Gabriel and Sir Hugh Wontner, Lord Mayor of London, with Commander D. B. Cairns (second from left), Chief of... - View image in PDF
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West Division January storm BRONZE MEDALS AT 1137 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1988 the Blackpool station honorary secretary, Mr Rowland Darbyshire was alerted by Liverpool Coastguard MRSC that a small vessel had fired red flares 11/4 miles...
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December 20, 1980: Yarmouth hie of Wight lifeboat, the 52ft Arun Joy and John Wade, on the traditional run to the Needles Lighthouse with Christmas fare. The photograph was taken bv Mr M. R. Cooke.. - View image in PDF
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BARMOUTH'S NEW 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat was named Princess of Wales by the Princess on November 25 in her first engagement for the RNLI. The Princess, accompanied by Prince Charles, was given an enthusiastic welcome by the large crowds...
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FEB. 17TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
At 11 A.M. the motor boat Sister Pat, belonging to Fleetwood, with two men on board, was seen by the second cox-swain of the life-boat to be making distress signals. She was being driven...
DURING September life-boats went out on service 68 times and rescued 25 lives.
TWICE AGROUND Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 5.50 in the evening of the 1st of September, 1951, the coastguard reported that the yacht Alethea II, of...
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The Chemring SC4 Radar Corner Reflector Developed in conjunction with the RNLI and adopted by RNLI exclusively (Stores ref D1/3016) for use on their high performance Lifeboats in both inshore and offshore waters.
Royal...
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