In the early days of Sir Godfrey Baring's chairmanship the motor car was still something of a novelty. This Rolls-Royce—it appears to be a New Phantom I of 1925-1929—was pictured outside the old headquarters of the R.N.LI, in Charing...
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Hundreds of people defied the rain to support another fantastic Seaside Special at Torbay Lifeboat Station. The Seaside Special is Torbay’s biggest fundraiser of the year and rounds off a week of activities ranging from Walk the Extra Mile...
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ATHERFIELD, BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, AND BROOKE, ISLE or WIGHT.—On the night of Sunday 31st January, the fourmasted s.s. Eider, of Bremen, 4,719 tons register, bound from New York for Southampton, en route for Bremen, stranded on the reef of rocks...
This raggedy looking band of players are the Syzewell Gap Mummers who perform their play in pubs in the Aldeburgh area each year over Christmas to raise money for the lifeboat service. In 1986 they collected £90 in just two nights from... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size,, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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The reserve life-boat, which was on temporary duty at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, broke from her moorings on 12th April, 1969, and was wrecked. The picture (left) shows her before she was taken in tow by the Barry lifeboat and (above) the... - View image in PDF
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St. Mary's, Scilly Islands - At noon on 3ist October, 1966, a seaman aboard the freighter Akbar Jayanti, of Bombay, required medical attention, as a cockroach had crawled into his ear, causing severe earache. The life-boat Guy and Clare...
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BOULMER MARCH 27TH. - BOULMER, NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the night of the 26th of March a large steamer was seen to be on fire off the Northumbrian...
In June a Spanish life-boat delegation, led by the Conde de Toreno, president of the Spanish Red Cross Society, visited England. Here the party is pictured at Life-boat House, London, with (left to right) Captain Nigel Dixon, Secretary of... - View image in PDF
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CAPTAIN His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, B.N., K.G., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by Capt. H.R.H. The DUKE OF YORK, E.N., KG.
Seconded by His Grace The DUKE OF NORFOLK, KG., Postmaster- General.
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