Announcement In this issue of THE LIFE-BOAT is an order form for R.N.L.I. Christmas cards and calendars and on page 175 details of new R.N.L.I. hand-made cuff-links and delectable R.N.L.I.
cook book mainly for the...
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Brownies of the 4th Bishopbriggs Pack, Glasgow, seen with Guider.
Mrs Sheena Smith, give the income of their monthly tuck shop to the lifeboat service. Gradually their contribution has increased: 1973, £3.40: 1974.... - View image in PDF
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HRH Princess Diana, the Duchess of Cornwall, met members of the crew of the Penlee lifeboat during her official visit to Newlyn, where she officially opened the town's new £lm fish market.
The Princess visited the... - View image in PDF
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RNLI supporters are always on the look out for weird and wonderful fundraising ideas - this quarter the sponsored shave seems to be a popular choice.
Staff of the Cable & Wireless College raised £95 when they... - View image in PDF
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Friday 30 June brought glorious weather for Scarborough's lifeboat day and resulted in supporters collecting over £4,000.
The following two days of fundraising activities, which included a barbecue, a raft race and... - View image in PDF
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SEPT. 8TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW, AND ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD.
Shortly before midnight reports had been received that flares from a vessel ashore on Blackwater Bank had been seen.
Both life-boats...
JUNE 21ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A British fighter aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a barge.
In addition to the two life-boats the motor boarding boat from...
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 8.35 on the morning of the 13th of February, 1953, the Spurn Point Coastguard reported that the S.S. Monkton Combe, of Bristol, had been in collision with another vessel, and that the Monkton Combe was trying to beach...
SIXTEEN HOUR SERVICE TO DUTCH VESSEL Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 2.53 a.m. on Thursday the 26th September, 1963, the Lochmaddy police reported to the Stornoway coastguard that there was a vessel ashore at Sponish Point, Lochmaddy. The...