Waiting with Wilkie to Swimalong for the RNLI at Birmingham Holiday Inn. Only one Olympic champion, David Wilkie, but plenty of eager swimmers. Nearly 100 boys took part from West House, one of several local schools in the swim, and they... - View image in PDF
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Just one of the many naming ceremonies for inshore lifeboats held in Wales during September - the D class at Conwy. Miss Joan Bate names the station's new D class Arthur Bate after her brother who provided the legacy which funded the... - View image in PDF
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WHO has not heard of GRACE DARLING, the heroine of the Longstone Lighthouse? whose name, associated with the wreck of the Forfarshire steamer, will long be remembered amongst the annals of those who, although holding humble stations in life,...
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Coxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat receives his Silver Medal for Gallantry from HRH the Duchess of Kent during the afternoon ceremony.. - View image in PDF
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GRP construction has been used for all recent Arun class lifeboats. The hulls are laid up inside a female mould (left) using polyester resin and glass fibres to produce a light, strong hull.. - View image in PDF
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Thursday, 10th July, 1913.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Passed the following resolution :— " The Committee of Management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION,...
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THURSDAY, 18th April, 1901.
Sir EDWARD BIRKECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read letter from His Majesty's Principal...
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Zodiac, the best inflatable in the world.
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