More than £12,000 was raised by Bristol ladies' guild at its summer ball, held last July at the home of Mr and Mrs Cullum McAlpine, near Bath. On arrival, every lady was presented with a red rose, and when the 350 guests sat down to...
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Despite being so far away, the RNLI's Hong Kong branch works tirelessly to raise funds for the Institution.
The committee members were thrilled, therefore, when HRH The Duke of Kent, the Institution's president,...
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During his year in office the Mayor of Kirkham, Councillor Keith Beckett, offered his services to raise money for charity. Not to be left out Freckleton RNLI branch roped Mr Beckett into visiting nine pubs in Kirkham last October, collecting... - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 1992 Albert Watson BEM, coxswain of Cromarty lifeboat from 1934 to 1968 when the station closed. He had been assistant mechanic from 1928 until his appointment as coxswain and was awarded a Silver Medal in 1959..
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Yacht holed A YACHT SEEN TO FIRE a red flare, about \\ miles seawards of the Coastguard lookout was reported to the honorary secretary of Walmer lifeboat station at 1130 on Wednesday, September 1. It was almost flat calm when, at 1137, the...
The Institution takes the opportunity of putting on displays of its work in the Barbican Centre during the event.. - View image in PDF
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 45 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to November 30th, 1935 - ... 64,350 The Woods of which a Life-boat is...
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THURSDAY, l11th April, 1912.
The Bight Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., was unanimously elected Chairman and SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
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Steve Shaw (left) receives the award from General Sir Michael Walker, Commander- in-Chief HQ Land and Admiral of Army Sailing Association. See 'Lifeboat Services' page 14 for a report of the lifeboal service.. - View image in PDF
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 2.25 in the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1949, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that a message had been received from the Llandudno coast- guard that a yacht bound for Liverpool was making heavy weather....