Just browsing: North Cotswold branch ran a souvenir stall at the Moreton in Marsh agricultural show in September 1985. The show is one of the largest one-day shows in the country and the organisers very kindly donated a prime spot for their... - View image in PDF
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Continuing our occasional series explaining lifeboat terms and operations Lifeboat Numbers...
There is a logic to the numbers seen on the side of lifeboats, and once you've cracked the code the combination can tell you...
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An analysis of the first total raised by Queensferry ladies' guild in the year 1981/82 makes interesting reading. Of the total £1,800, well over £100 was made from each of the following events; a country dance, a cheese and...
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OCTOBER 2lST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 5.54 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Skeldon Hill that an aeroplane had come down in the sea offBlakeney Point. A light west breeze was blowing ; the sea was smooth...
AT the first annual meeting of the new Hornsey Branch, a special programme of sea chanties was given by members of the Crouch End Toe H. The singers were dressed as a Life-boat Crew in jerseys and caps, and all the chanties were sung with...
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The fishing craft Elizabeth, of Tenby, at- tempted about 5 P.M. on the 17th March to cross the bar, but with the tide and heavy sea, there being little or no wind, she drifted on to the North Tail.
Within a few minutes the...
Ships that pass . . . from an Atlantic 21, Ambrose Greenway took this picture of an experimental 19' Zodiac Mark V, crossing the larger ILITs wash. The Zodiac Mark V has a standing steering position, to give the helmsman better height of... - View image in PDF
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ST HELIER, JERSEY, August 23, 1987: the 44ft Waveney class lifeboat Thomas James King takes in tow the 48ft cabin cruiser La Belle Dame after a MAYDAY alert, when the Shoreham-based vessel hit the Hinguette reef at 1418 and began to sink.... - View image in PDF
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Feeling thirsty? Keep an eye out for Coastal Spring Cornish spring water, which is sold in support of the RNLI.
For every plastic bottle of Coastal Spring sold in shops, and elegant glass bottles sold in bars and...
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