a r o u n d and a b o u t t h e RNLI King of the draw The names of the 20 lucky prize winners in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery were plucked from the drum on 31 January by Desmond Carrington, well-known actor and Radio 2 presenter.<...
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Mr and Mrs Barrie (2nd I and r) were delighted to receive a Famous Grouse decanter from Mr Sherriff (1), director of Matthew Gloag and Son Ltd, distillers of the whisky. Guests at Mr and Mrs Barrie's Old Mill Hotel, Motherwell, completed... - View image in PDF
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Called out twice FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1987, found Scotland's Banffshire coast in the grip of force 6-7 east-south-easterly winds and rough seas, with overcast skies and rain squalls adding to the wintry scene.
At 1939 the...
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 north north west...
Turning turf into money If your branch has a small racecourse in its territory it can be a money spinner.
I say small because our branch also has a large course within its boundaries, but as a fund raising area it is dead...
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Winning hunch The winner of the RNLI's 44th national lottery has the Hunchback of Notre Dame to thank for drawing her ticket! Micky O'Donoughue was playing the role in the New Vic Company's comedy version of 'The Hunchback of...
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STATION FLEET ABERDEEN ABERDOVEY ABERSOCH ABERYSTWYTH ACHILL ISLAND ATTH ALDERNEY AMBLE ANGLE ANSTRUTHER APPLEDORE...
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Record draw The RNLI's 80th lifeboat lottery drawn on 31 January raised a incredible £212,000 from tickets sales - the previous highest total was last year's Summer lottery raising £182,000.
Andrew...
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75 years ago From The Life-Boat of 1920 The great difficulty in the way of Life-boat launches on flat beaches is the difficulty of the horses. It is becoming increasingly hard to get the use of horses and the men to manage them, and they...
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Back in September 1992 Andrew McDonald was sailing his father's yacht Whisky Mac when she ran into trouble near the Channel Islands - see The Lifeboat, Winter 1992/3 - and the Alderney lifeboat was...
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