The 10th Tour de Tendring cycle ride was enjoyed by around 1,000 participants on 19 May 2002. Cyclists of many different ages and levels of fitness gathered in northeast Essex to attempt to complete one of three routes: 20 miles for the... - View image in PDF
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OCT. 22ND. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
Information had been received through the coastguard from the senior naval officer atNewcastle that there had been a collision off Marske, one of the vessels being H.M. Destroyer Javelin. The...
Hastings, Sussex. At 1.4 on the afternoon of the 13th of September, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the Hastings and St.
Leonards sailing club that a large yacht had reported to their rescue boat that a...
RNLI News What's happening in and around the Institution A Message From the Director The RNLI's Director Brian Miles looks back on a successful 1991 Ceremonies Naming and dedication ceremonies around the country Built To Order, Built...
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The number of annual lifeboat launches has topped 9,000 for the first time in RNLI history. Statistics for 2009 show that volunteer crews launched 9,223 times, rescuing 8,235 people. The charity’s lifeguards also had their busiest year ever,...
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(Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways,...
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Surf 'n' turf beach footie Bournemouth beach 17 August 2002 Team event for groups of five people The great Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said 'football's not a matter of life and death, it's much more important than...
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DUTCH VESSEL TOWED THROUGH ROUGH SEA Weymoutb, Dorset.—At 6.10 in the morning of January 12th, 1947, a report was received from St. Albans Head, through the Wyke Regis coast- guard, that a vessel was burning distress ilares about six miles...
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar.
The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture below. It is a photograph of the Hastings life-boat returning from service and is reproduced...
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Since 1969 Mrs Maureen Be/bin has been treasurer of Moordown and Charminster branch, a job she continued to do following a stroke which left her partially paralysed. Her spirit and determination to raise funds for the RNLI since the stroke... - View image in PDF
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