Pennies may not rain from heaven but pound notes floated down just outside Filey, with a little help from a helicopter from 665 Army Helicopter Squadron from Topcliffe, North Yorkshire. Staff at the Topcliffe base had done a 44-mile... - View image in PDF
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Crew Member John Dew of Torbay was one of two men who rescued two elderly people when fire broke out in a block of flats in Brixham last October.
He had seen the flames while driving home, went to investigate and helped...
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Mr Patrick Pile and Mr Martin Helmer, of Southwold, Suffolk, who are in the local ILB crew, share the annual award of £5 known as 'The Ralph Glister Award' for a service they carried out on February 6, 1972, when three men were...
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Sick Girl THE DOCTOR at Armadale asked Mallaig honorary secretary at 1400 on Friday, March 21, if the lifeboat would take a sick girl from Sleat Point to Armadale Pier. The 52' Barnett lifeboat EMM.
Gordon Cubbin...
DAVID WEBB, the Bournemouth Cherries football team player/coach and former centre-half for Orient, Southampton, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester and Derby football clubs, drew the RNLI's tenth national lottery at Poole HQ on...
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 525 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...
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Gilbert Reid, coxswain of Thurso lifeboat from 1967 to 1974. He first joined the crew in 1945..
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During his tour of Wales last July, Prince Charles spent the day in Holyhead and at RAF Valley near Trearddur Bay. Following official duties and lunch the Prince made an informal walkabout amongst the public who were enjoying a 'Families... - View image in PDF
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International marine photographer, Rick Tomlinson, together with Wellies Restaurant came up with a great idea for raising money for the charity.. - View image in PDF
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The Trent class lifeboat is designed to lie afloat either at deep water moorings or at a berth.. - View image in PDF
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