Eeor-nly wanted to help. . .
The donkeys at Mablethorpe beach were so taken with the work of the local lifeboat guild, they wanted to join! The ladies explained that special permission would be needed to do any donkey-work,... - View image in PDF
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John Pearson, crew member of Whitby's all weather and inshore lifeboats since 1987.
John was awarded a Bronze medal in 1993 in recognition of his high standard of seam a n s h i p , boathandling skills and bravery when... - View image in PDF
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Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - At 11.25 a.m. on i5th December, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor boat Duthies, of Peterhead, had sprung a leak in heavy seas just outside Peterhead bay while on passage to...
AUG. 26TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 12.30 A.M. a message was received from the relatives of two men on board the motor fishing boat Sarah Ross, of Peterhead, that they were overdue. A light N.W. breeze was blowing,...
BY the death last Christmas of Briga- dier-General Noel M. Lake, C.B., late of the Royal Engineers, at the age of 82, the Institution has lost a friend who for ten years gave it devoted service as a member of the Committee of Management....
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SEAMAN LANDED Anstruther, Fife. At 11.48 p.m. on 4th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that H.M.S.
Diamond wished to land a sick seaman.
There was a smooth sea with thick fog.<...
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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Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire; New Brighton No. 2, Cheshire ; Kirkcudbright; Douglas, Peel, Port Erin, Port St. Mary and Ramsey, Isle of Man.—21st January.
These eight life-boats searched for a missing aeroplane without...
HARWICH AND ALDEBURGH.—Signals having been made by the light-vessels, the Springwell Life-boat stationed at Harwich and the Aldeburgh Life-boat at Aldeburgh were launched at 8 A.M. on the 5th June, and proceeded to the Shipwash Sands where...
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—The No. 2 Lifeboat Beauchamp was called out on service on the morning of the 23rd January and was launched at 4.20, signals of distress having been shown on the north part of the Barber Sands. On arriving there the fishing...