Contents Volume 51 Number 505 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: LTCDR BRIAN MILES RDMNIRNR Editor: MIKE FLOY0 Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15...
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Edward Mockett, Coventry branch honorary secretary, receives a collecting box back from pupils of one of the 21 Coventry junior and infant schools which between them collected £160 for the RNLI.
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Bembridge lifeboat, Jack Shayler and the Lees, at full speed. She is a 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, built in 1969. She has a steel hull and is launched down a slipway from her boathouse. The photograph was taken by David... - View image in PDF
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Holyhead's 47ft Tyne class lifeboat St Cybi II (Civil Service No. 40), which took up station duty on September 20, 1985. As her name implies, she is the fortieth lifeboat to be provided by the Civil Service, Post Office and British... - View image in PDF
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Richard (Dick) Walsh, coxswain of Rosslare Harbour lifeboat from 1946 to 1974. He joined the ere w in 1938 and was bowman until 1941, then second coxswain from 1941 to 1946. He was awarded the Silver Medal in 1954..
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Dear Editor I had loads of fun taking photos of Paddington while on holiday in Italy – although others on the beach thought me a little ‘eccentric’ to say the least. Best regards Mick Parker Competition Winner. - View image in PDF
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On 19 October some 200 people gathered in Brighton Marina village square for the naming ceremony of the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Thelma Glossop which was funded by Mr and Mrs Roy Glossop, in memory of Mr Glossop's first wife,... - View image in PDF
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Emma Dalgleish, chairman of Selkirk guild from 1982 until her death. Mrs Dalgleish was vice president of the guild from 1995 until 1982 and received the gold badge in 1980 and bar to gold badge in 1993..
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Pictured below L-R: Tower Pier lifeboat Crew Members Kaverne Bailey (23), Michael 'Fester' Sinacola (38) and Ian Barnaby (44) Pictured right and bottom right: Bill Callaghan is a yeoman at the Tower of London - and a volunteer at the... - View image in PDF
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Below: London's police relied on Thames Specials, volunteers with a good knowledge of boat handling. Three steam launches were stationed at the pier, the one pictured here was named Chowkidar after an Indian night watchman.. - View image in PDF
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