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Category: Advertisement
Left: Who Can Resist the Appeal of a Spaniel's Liquid Eyes?
Left: Who can resist the appeal of a Spaniel's liquid eyes? Very few it seems as 'Rusty', aided and abetted by owner Judy Crisp from the depot administration staff, filled a succession of boxes to collect just short of £100!... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flood rescuers in action
As Lifeboat magazine went to print, RNLI Flood Rescue Team members were returning home after going to the aid of those affected by floods in Cumbria. The team, working alongside other emergency services from 6-8 December, helped...
Category: Articles
Susan, of Dublin
On the 31st January the schooner Susan, of Dublin, drove ashore in Dundrum Bay during a strong gale from S.S.E. The Newcastle life-boat went out, and succeeded in saving the vessel's crew of 4 men, afterwards landing them in safety..<...
Harkaway, of Yarmouth
Again, on the morning of the 10th May the cutter Harkaway, of Yarmouth, was lost on the Barber Sands. As it was only blowing a fresh breeze, two ordinary beachmen's boats essayed the task of re- moving the crew, but finding, on nearing...
Mrs Val Temple
Mrs Val Temple, a member of Norwich ladies' guild for over 20 years. Although confined to a wheelchair she carried out house-to-house collections for the guild and arranged various fund raising events..
Category: Obituaries
Telford South Branch
Dogged determination shows on the face of Elsa the Great Dane. She (along with her owner Rex Bolton, honorary treasurer of Telford South branch,), is on her way to completing the 12 kilometre Telford charity trek and raising £57 in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eaglet
SHOREHAM.—The fishing-smack Eaglet, belonging to Ramsgate, attempted to enter the harbour shortly before low water on the evening of the 23rd March and grounded on the bar. As the sea was breaking heavily over her, the Life-boat William...
Ladies' Life-Boat Guild.
The Duchess of Sutherland, who had been the President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild since 1926, died last August. She has been succeeded as President by Lady Louis Mountbattcn, who has been a vice-president of the guild since 1926..<...
Category: Articles
Irtysch
BIyth, Northumberland; Dunbar,'Haddingtonshire ; Buckie, Banffshire ; Lerwick, Shetland.—27th-31st January. The Russian steamer Irtysch, while bound from West Hartlepool to Leningrad had run into a severe gale and been driven north. She...