A WOMAN in Essex has written: "Will you please accept the cuttings of my hair and sell it for your funds. I understand real hair is urgently needed." The Institution gratefully accepted the hair, and has sold it for fifteen...
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If the RNLI choose the Mermaid...
..why don't YOU? Mermaid Type 595 (FORD 2704C) marine diesel propulsion engine.
Built to the Royal National Life-boat Institution's strict specification Mermaid...
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COBLE TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Filey, Yorkshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 29th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that ten local fishing cobles were at sea in deteriorating...
HELICOPTER-LIFE-BOAT SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.30 p.m.
on Wednesday the 10th of July, 1963, the life-boat coxswain reported that a man who had put off for a fishing trip off Bembridge in the...
In memory of Captain C. C. Lowry, past chairman of Appledore station branch, a glass topped table was made to display lifeboat stamps of the world. The stamps were collected and the table made by staff and inmates of HM Prison, Dartmoor..<... - View image in PDF
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Captain John Leworthy of the committee of management receives £18,000 from Andrew Maclean, chief general manager of the Municipal Mutual Insurance Group, the first proceeds from a joint promotion. (Below) Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston... - View image in PDF
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-the instant communication and precise navigation equipment that takes the rough with the smooth Coastal Radio Limited, Westway, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3BH.
Telephone: (0245) 65533.
A Marconi Marine Company...
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-the instant communication and precise navigation equipment that takes the rough with the smooth Coastal Radio Limited, Westway, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3BH.
Telephone: (0245) 65533.—C!*" A Marconi Marine...
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An engraving by 'WWM', which first appeared in August 1871 showing a paddle steamer towing a lifeboat, went on to appear ten years later as the Ramsgate lifeboat at the wreck of the Indian Chief- an improbable scoop which was...
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A small ladies guild existed in Uckfield for almost 50 years before the branch was established six years ago. We are winning with a series of high profile events, though the branch was not responsible for causing the 2000 floods! - John... - View image in PDF
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