A new member of the Fishponds branch of the R.N.L.I., Mr. Martin Rowe, organised a 'Guess my weight' competition, plus a skittles evening, at the Railway Hotel, Fishponds, near Bristol—and raised over...
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FISHING BOAT TOWED IN Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 5.30 in the evening of the 16th of June, 1947, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat C.E. 44 was overdue. A later message said that she had last been seen one mile off the Royal...
At the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday the 18th day of March, 1862, The Right Honourable WILLIAM CUBITT, Lord Mayor of London, in the Chair, The following Report of the...
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Arklow
LAP OF THE MAP
2018 marks Mary Hickey’s 50th year in athletics and she continues to go from strength to strength. On New Year’s Day she set off from Arklow, Co Wicklow, heading north on the...
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• Grahame Farr, one of the honorary archivists of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society, is a true historian and whenever he publishes a paper containing the results of his research he makes available a new and valuable chapter to all those...
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THURSDAY, 4th January, 1877: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck...
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The scars left by the wreck of the Royal Charter run deep among local people. The storm and the appalling loss of life have become a grim legend and on the centenary of the shipwreck in October 1959 a service of remembrance was held at...
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THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DEBBY, K.G., G.C.B., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Eight Hon. The I as well as by the numerous " Life- EARL OF DEBBY, KG., G.C.B.
Seconded by The Hon. W. F. D. SMITH, M.P.<...
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THE RIGHT Hos. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, P.C., M.P., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Right Hon.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, P.O., M.P.
Seconded by The Right Hon.
the Earl of MOUNT...
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, M.P., FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, m THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by The Eight Hon. LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, M.P.
Seconded by The Eight Hon.
The EARL OF...
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