HOWTH, DUBLIN BAY,—The Life-boat Clara Baker was launched on the evening of the 6th August, and proceeded to the assistance of the brigantine Elizabeth Brooks, of Larne, which was ashore, with strong breeze blowing from S.E., on the Baldoyle...
Naming the Weston-super-Mare motor life-boat. With the Duke (left to right) are Mr. E. J.
McKaig, honorary secretary of the station, the Marquess of Bath, and the chief inspector of life-boats.
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Showing the flag: after swimming 100 lengths of his local swimming bath in Ihr 37mins Ken Wielding of the Urmston branch raised £921.60 in sponsorship. Ken approached local firms and friends for support of this effort which is only the... - View image in PDF
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EACH NEW YEAR, during the Boat Show at Earls Court, the boating industry gives most generous recognition and support to the lifeboat service. Among the eminent people who have been invited to open the show in past years— who include Prince...
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Putting training into practice The crew atWeston-super-Mare were training in the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Coventry and Warwickshire on 8 June when they diverted to a real shout. A crew of five on a yacht requested assistance because of engine...
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HAYLE.—The brig Albert Wilhelm, of Barth, Germany, bound from the Isle of Man for Fowey, in ballast, bore up into St. Ives Bay, on the 17th October, during a strong gale from the N.N.W.
and a heavy sea, became embayed,...
LIFE-BOAT OARS.
As a life-boat has, in the majority of eases, to be propelled by oars, and as, in order to rescue a shipwrecked crew, she has generally to be rowed to windward against a heavy sea and strong wind, it...
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A merry evening was had by all at the Varne Boat Club, Linlestone, in March. The Merrydown Cider Company took along samples of their original wines, wine vinegars and, of course, their famous Vintage Cider. The glazed eyes of the guests were... - View image in PDF
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The Chelsea Pensioners have been collecting money for the RNLI at major events for many years. The Pensioners are usually seen out and about wearing their distinctive scarlet uniforms and since 1995, they have collected over £95,000 at... - View image in PDF
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The results of The Birmingham Post's children's poster competition are as follows: seniors (11 to 16 years): 1st—David John Brown, aged 15, of Fabian Crescent, Shirley, Solihull; 2nd—Lyn Bonner, aged 11, of Mayswood Road, Solihull;...
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