OUT OF CONTROL Dover, Kent. At 9.1 p.m. on 3oth August, 1964, the police informed the honorary secretary that a small flare had been sighted to seawards. It was two hours before low water and very calm. At 9.16 the life-boat Southern Africa...
Boulmer, Northumberland. A port was received at 10.23 a-m- on July, 1965, that the motor fishing vessel Kindly Light of Seahouses had broken down approximately two miles eastsouth- east of Boulmer. The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle...
Captain W. J. Oliver, M.C., who was district organising secretary for the north-east of England from 1928 until 1952, died on the 18th of March, 1960, at the age of 72.
Captain Oliver and his family had a long association...
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Capsized motor cruiser THE DUTY COASTGUARD on watch in the lookout of Solent MRSC on the spring bankholiday Monday, May 25, reported at 1256 that a vessel had capsized in the vicinity of the Shingles Bank Elbow Buoy at the western approaches...
Mrs Asa Richman explains the art of spinning at the craft fair held last autumn by Wembury Peninsula branch, Plymouth.
Other demonstrations were given by a potter, glass engraver, macrame worker, pewter worker, flower... - View image in PDF
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Hospital run THE LOCAL DOCTOR asked Barra Island lifeboat to convey an urgent maternity case from Tangasdale to Lochboisdale, South Uist. It was 0425 on Monday, March 8. With good visibility, a fresh east-south-easterly breeze and a choppy...
This magnificent knitted quilt bedspread is the creation of the ladies of Wroxham and District branch. /( caused £700 worth of raffle tickets to be sold for a chance to own it when the branch held a luncheon at the Norfolk Broads Yacht... - View image in PDF
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Aberaeron branch begin training their helpers at a young age. During the local yacht club's regatta day (I to r) Menna Williams, 7 years, Emma Jones, 11 and Daryl Shute, 10, helped behind the souvenir stall which sold £88 of goods... - View image in PDF
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William F. G. Lord, QBE, BL, who was secretary and treasurer of Edinburgh branch from 1950 to 1964 and then secretary until 1976. Mr Lord became vice-chairman of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Lifeboat Council in 1966, a position he...
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This sporting looking team from Manders Paints Ltd, Wolverhampton, took part in the Beaujolais Nouveau Run last November. Sponsorship was obtained from many of Manders' suppliers and the driver Mike Marriott (1) and navigator Tony Hill... - View image in PDF
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