Alors! Visitors to the Three Horseshoes at Turves, near Whittlesey, might have been forgiven for imagining they were in France rather than in the Fens of England. The landlord of the pub, exiled Frenchman Christian Kolich, and his wife Terri...
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Launches 90 Lives Rescued 61 During January and February life-boats put out to the rescue ninety times and rescued sixty-one lives, and the Institution gave to its crews and launchers for these services, and for assemblies of crews, rewards...
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LIFEBOATMAN ALONE ABOARD PILOT BOAT PLUCKS CREW TO SAFETY IN SEVERE GALE Three rescued from tug after night collision with coaster Shane Coleman, Second Coxswain/Mechanic of the Lowestoft lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal...
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Around and about the RNLI A swarm of Flying Bs The names of the prize winners in the 49th national lottery were pulled from the drum at the Poole headquarters on 30 April by members of the Bentley Drivers' Club.
The...
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Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 17, 25 and July 22 Abersoch, Gwynedd June 1, 2, 17, 20, 26, July 2, 8, 20, August 5, 16, 24, 25 and 27 Aberystwyth, Dyfed June 3, 17, July 30 and August 2 Aldeburgh, Suffolk June 26 Amble, Northumberland June 24 and...
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144 pages Many of the most stirring tales of 'the men who never turn back'— the crews of the R.N.L.I.—are included from the very beginning of the service to today. So, too, are the stories of rescue and heroics by others including...
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire May 24.
Abersoch. Gwynedd April 13, 18 and May 30.
Aberystwyth, Dyfed May 5.
Arran, Buteshire April 25 (twice).
Atlantic College, South Glamorgan...
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided •with a carnage, oa which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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" How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." Merchant of Vawx, IF the faint twinkling of a candle's light was calculated to awaken so beautiful an idea in the mind of our great...
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Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 2 (twice), 15, July 12, 22 (twice), 26, 28, 29, August 15, 26 and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd June 22, 27, July 21, 30, August 2 (twice), 7, 9, 16, 23 and 26 Aberystwyth, Dyfed July 6, 29, August 19 and 29 Aldeburgh, Suffolk...
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