On the afternoon of July 9 a giant wave washed three boys off Sterlochy Rocks immediately east of Findochty Harbour. Two were pulled to safety by Uwe Brandt, an oil rig worker, who waded more than waist deep into the rough seas. Buckle... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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Life-Boatmen Who Were Honoured In London In May There Were 17 And Here They Are Pictured On The Embankment Before The Investiture See Page 343 For Profile on Coxswain Derek Scott, B.E.M., of the Mumbles life-boat. Life-Boatmen Who Were... - View image in PDF
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THE AMERICAN obsession with health and physical fitness has spread, to a certain degree, to this country in recent years, resulting in the popularity of jogging as a sport for growing numbers of people.
Members of...
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Longhope (The Orkneys).
At one in the morning on 5th January, the Aberdeen steam trawler, Braconmoor, outward bound for the fishing grounds, went ashore on TornessPoint, in the Orkneys, three and a half miles from Longhope....
An 850cc Mini was the prize in a lottery run by Filey Lions Club throughout the summer on the Coble Landing, Filey. A cheque for £5,350, being 50 per cent of the total raised, was handed over to Commander P. E.... - View image in PDF
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To save lives at sea our brave crews have to be well-trained and well-equipped.
This is why we need you, with a Lifeboats MasterCard, onboard. Sign up today and The Royal Bank of Scotland will donate £10 to the RNLI....
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Awards for saving drowning man...
Brain Barkess, crew member at Sunderland lifeboat station, has been awarded a Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificate in recognition of his actions during the rescue of three people...
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Cromarty.—Early in the afternoon of the 12th January the Helmsdale coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground in a dangerous position at the entrance to Little Ferry, in Dornoch Firth. She was the s.s.
Totnes, of...
Otra readers, and indeed the public in general, are aware of the complete means that exist around the shores of these islands for effecting communication with stranded and wrecked vessels, in the shape of life- boats, and the rocket and...
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