OPENING OF THE BUILDING.
WE extract from the local papers some ac- count of the interesting ceremony of opening the North Shields Sailors' Home on the 21st October last by his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G.,...
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DORNOCH FIRTH, SUTHERLANDSHIRE.— In January, 1886, the Local Residents made application to the Institution to form a Life-boat establishment on the shores of Dornoch Firth, a shipwreck having oc- curred there in the previous month, and...
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FROM THE BOAT SHOW • Very encouraging it was, at a Boat Show just managing to weather a fuel crisis, to find on display a means of generating power relying on neither oil nor coal. Lucas/C.A.V. Marine were showing a solar battery charger for...
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The Mayor of Poole, Councillor Peter Coles, has chosen the lifeboat service as the charity for his year of office, giving it his personal, and very active support. He is seen here with the Mayoress, Mrs Coles, at a buffet dance at Poole Arts... - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 1ST. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. Flares had been reported twelve miles off, but nothing was found.
This was the first service call received at, this recently established station, where the life-boat arrived on 24th...
Captain Mark Kerr DFC RN, honorary secretary of Clovelly lifeboat station from 1973 to 1983..
Category: Obituaries
Squadron-leader John Weaver, Officer Commanding, No. 22 Squadron, photographed at the controls of a Westland Whirlwind Mk. 10 helicopter during the flight between R.A.F. St. Mawgan and R.A.F. - View image in PDF
Chivenor.. - View image in PDF
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Presentations and celebrations go together. . . . When Coxswain Edgar Moore (I.) of Newhaven retired after 16 years service, his station presented him with a model of Kathleen Mary made by Mr Osbourne and Mr Fox of Christchurch. Mrs P.... - View image in PDF
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Relief - D class Pride ofNuneaton and Bedworth The Borough ofNuneaton and Bedworth is over 90 miles from the sea, but the May or, Councillor Bob Copland, decided to make the funding of two D class lifeboats the aim of his Civic Appeal. Aided...
Category: Inaugurations
IN his speech at the Annual General Meeting the American Ambassador referred to the war services of the Life-boats to American vessels, and spoke of the 200 Americans who, during •the war and the first year of peace, owed their lives to the...
Category: Services