THURSDAY, 1st June, 1882.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chair- man of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance and...
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Mr John Skellorn, of the Gravesend Sailing Club, gives a tip about raising money by paperboat racing.
He writes: 'As far as we know, only Belfleet yacht club and ourselves have organised paperboat racing. It started...
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Each year, as supporters of the RNLI make their way home from the Institution's annual meeting and presentation of awards, there is a feeling that surely the achievements of that year cannot be bettered.
Yet, each year...
Category: Meetings
Zodiac, the best inflatable in the world.
Zodiac is Number One. Built by the oldest and best known inflatable manufacturers in the world, Zodiac inflatables confirm their pedigree, as soon as the going gets...
Category: Advertisement
Boiled crabs (left), sold by four young helpers, Katie Douglas, Alasdair McDougle, Gary Hall and Anne Douglas, was just one attraction at Seahouses harbour fete last August Bank Holiday when £3,822 was raised for the RNLI. Mrs L. F. L.... - View image in PDF
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire August 24 Aldeburgh, Suffolk August 2 Amble, Northumberland June 26 and July 1 Angle, Dyfed June 23, July 11 and 31 Anstruther, Fife July 2 Arklow, Co. Wicklow July 25, 29 and August 11 Arranmore, Co. Donegal June 23,...
Category: Services
Coxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat receives his Silver Medal for Gallantry from HRH the Duchess of Kent during the afternoon ceremony.. - View image in PDF
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GRP construction has been used for all recent Arun class lifeboats. The hulls are laid up inside a female mould (left) using polyester resin and glass fibres to produce a light, strong hull.. - View image in PDF
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TWO CASUALTIES TOWED TO SAFETY - CREW INJURED Tyne's 26-hour service in storm force winds Coxswain Kieran Cotter of Baltimore's relief Tyne class lifeboat has received the RNLI's Bronze Medal for Gallantry following a 26-hour...
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THE War, the greatest in which a nation has ever been involved, has entirely absorbed public interest, and the purses which have been so generously opened to the innumerable appeals in connexion with the War have, almost of necessity, been...
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