Young Geoffrey Ward (r) looks happy to be alive; he was rescued after slipping into the sea off rocks at Porthowan, Cornwall. His mother (c) looks even happier as she shows off some of the goods on sale at the coffee morning she organised... - View image in PDF
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Canoeists stranded THE WEATHER was cloudy, there was a fresh south-westerly breeze, force 5, and slight seas when Dover coastguard contacted the honorary secretary of Walmer lifeboat station on the afternoon of Sunday June 9, 1985. Two...
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—In the.morn- ing of the 4th of October, 1949, it was decided to send the life-boat to the islands of Soay and Eigg with pro- visions as, owing to bad weather, the weekly steamer had not called and no other boat was...
Up, up and away.' Fund raisers launched 1,000 balloons from Si Bernard's School, Barrow to help buv a lifeboat. It was all part of a national event organised by the Keep Fit Association to raise cash for the RNLI. Terry Downing, hon... - View image in PDF
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BALLYCOTTON, Co. CORK.—A new Life- boat has been placed here, one of the 34 feet 10-oared class having been substi- tuted for the smaller boat at this Station.
The new Life-boat is named the Oliver Qoldsmith, it having...
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MAY 17TH . - FRASERBURGH, AND PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 1.18 A.M. the naval authorities at Rosyth asked, through the Fraserburgh coastguard, that the Fraserburgh life-boat should he got ready to launch. A few minutes later the station was...
Ireland Division Harbour tug to the rescue AT ABOUT NOON on Saturday, January 12,1974, the Royal Ulster Constabulary were told that a small dinghy was in difficulties off Ballgalley Head. Police Sergeant D. McCutcheon drove out to the Head...
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AUGUST 27TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
Two aeroplanes had collided and fallen in Blackpool, and two airmen had been seen to fall into the sea, but nothing could be found. After the return of the life-boat a party of...
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OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
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