The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. — At 5.17 in the evening of the 8th of January, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that the motor fishing vessel Johnny Eager, of Swansea, was making distress signals, and at 5.40 the life-boat William Gammon —...
HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, visited Sheringham Lifeboat Station on 25 March.
The Duke met the crew, saw the launch and recovery of the Atlantic 85 lifeboat The Oddfellows, signed the visitors’ book and...
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For a full 24 hours regulars at the Red Lion, Brinkley, played various pub games sponsored in aid of the RNLl. Mine host and hostess, Les and Pat James, stayed up with the players, providing reviving food and drink round the clock. Roger... - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 16TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At about 8.30 A.M. a telephone message came from the coast watchers that a ship was firing distress signals about two miles S.E. of Old Head of Kinsale, and the motor life-boat Sarah Ward...
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—During bad weather on the morning of the 2nd January, 1939, it was reported that one of the local motor fishing cobles was at sea. A N.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea and squalls of sleet. The motor...
Survey ship Geotek Alpha ablaze off the west coast of Scotland last July. Barra Island's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, can be seen with 15 of the casualty's crew aboard. Eventually the lifeboat had to... - View image in PDF
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On the 8th of December, 1954, three members of the crew of the Scar- borough life-boat lost their lives when the life-boat capsized at the entrance to the harbour. For a full account of this accident see page 9..
IT is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: Mrs I. P. Macintyre, patron of Airdrie branch since its re-constitution in 1980. Mrs Macintyre served as the guild honorary secretary from 1930 to 1957 and as president from 1957 to...
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A Kenny Ball Jazz Concert organised by Ilkley branch in aid of the Grace Darling Appeal was a sell-out, and raised almost £3,000 in conjunction with a Yorkshire Post appeal linked to the event. Although Kenny Ball has played at other... - View image in PDF
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FEB. 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 5.30 A.M. the life-boat watchman reported that a vessel had run ashore on the end of Spurn Point. The coxswain immediately went to the beach, where he saw the steam trawler HAUSA, of...