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Lifeboat Services
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...
Category: Services
Lizzie
Propeller fouled A SOFT FISHING BOAT, Lizzie, With tWO men on board was reported overdue by a fisherman at Annan on the Scottish side of the Solway Firth on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 29, 1986. The deputy launching authority at Silloth...
New Ways of Raising Money
THERE has been some very encouraging news of the activities of youthful supporters of the life-boat service. The junior section of the Edinburgh branch, which has been growing steadily in strength, recently organised a junior gymkhana at a...
Category: Donations
Men Behind the Medals
The Annual Presentation of Awards Ceremony in London provides a rare opportunity to gather together some of the year's medal winners and allow them to talk about their lifeboats, their services and their methods and views.Silver...
Category: Articles
'Never Mind Your New York Welcome, Your Mum's Got One Waiting For You on the Beach!'
This cartoon by Jak appeared at the height of the Tinkerbelle excitement.
Category: Drawings
Lifeboat Services August September and October 1986
Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 3, 24, 25 and September 3 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 7. 12. 16. 17 (twice), 19 and September 13 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable: August 24 and September 15 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun:...
Category: Services
Above: the Boats Line Up Ready for the Helicopter Exercise
Above: The boats line up ready for the helicopter exercise Picluie: Paul Glatiel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Key
AGED 60? HOMEOWNER? I enjoy a more prosperous retirement Ex-Service man makes the most of his retirement years with an equity release scheme Flying for the first time into the airfield he had helped to build whilst serving in Burma during...
Category: Advertisement
An Aeroplane (22)
SEPT. 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT, AND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Leysdown. The Margate life-boat was launched just after eleven at night in a thick fog and reached Leysdown two hours and twenty...
A coastal living
Communities have naturally evolved on the coast due to their very proximity to the sea and the riches it brings. However, fluctuating demand, depleting natural resources and the discovery of new ones, have meant that coastal peoples have had...
Category: Articles