Mr. Edward Heath on a visit to the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show in London in 1968. A letter in his capacity as Prime Minister is reproduced on the facing page. Last year he was elected Yachtsman of the Year by the Guild of... - View image in PDF
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li RNLI coxswains sail through new RYA course Four coxswains have achieved RYA motor cruising qualifications. The course forms part of competencebased training for volunteer and full-time lifeboat crews. The successful crew are coxswain Rod...
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THE Dundee Life-boat Day this summer was an outstanding event. The Honorary Secretary, Mr. Lindsay, and his Life-boat Day Sub-Committee had j the very generous help of Mr. Kalph (.'. Cowper, the General Manager of the Dundee, Perth and...
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North Berwick ILB Blue Peter III crew meet BBC 'Blue Peter' team when they received their 'Blue Peter' gold badges during the programme on December 20, 1973. (Left to right): Peter Purves, Benjamin Pearson, James Pearson,... - View image in PDF
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an act of common humanity at what would seem a trifling cost ? The reasons operating on the mind of the man who thus " passes by on the other side " are these: public journals accounts given by sailors j l - That the loss of...
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Commander Oscar Henderson, c.v.o., C.B.E., D.S.O., R.N., a member of the Committee of Management since 1948 and chairman of the Belfast branch, died on 3rd August at the age of 77.
Commander Henderson was one of the best...
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THE Institution has replaced the pulling and sailing life-boat at St. Helier, Jersey, this year with a motor life-boat of the light Liverpool type, described on page 392. The new boat has been built out of a gift of £3,250 from...
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A beautifully written letter from Susan Crook brought the news that the children oj Beach Road Country Primary School, Litherland, Liverpool, seen here with Brian Stevenson, ADOS(NW). had beaten the target they had set themselves to reach by... - View image in PDF
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