A close-knit Orkney island remembers the courage and sacrifice of its lifeboat crew who lost their lives 50 years ago
A south-easterly gale had been pounding Scotland’s coast for days, heavy seas forcing the closure of...
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I THINK I may claim to be a, more or less, seasoned collector, having collected annually from luxurious hair to a bald pate, and I find that most years are marked by some peculiarity —other than myself. This year was marked by a direct...
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Girvan, Ayrshire. At six o'clock on the evening of the 23rd of June, 1959, while the life-boat Robert Lindsay was returning to her station after her overhaul at Gourock the coxswain saw a motor vessel stranded on the Brest Rocks south of...
Canoeists stranded THE WEATHER was cloudy, there was a fresh south-westerly breeze, force 5, and slight seas when Dover coastguard contacted the honorary secretary of Walmer lifeboat station on the afternoon of Sunday June 9, 1985. Two...
To give his MG. TC, the bodvwork of which he had been re-building, a 'jolly good thrudging', Bob Shaw suggested a run from John O Groats to Land's End in aid of the lifeboats; Ian Horsefield said he would go along as second... - View image in PDF
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TEDDY BEARS PICNIC When your organisation holds its next fund raising effort at a carnival, fete, donkey derby, boat show or similar activity you can make an additional £200 in a few hours by running a Teddy Bears Picnic. No financial...
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Pye Telecom breaks the silence barrier.
Without instant communication you cannot properly cope with today's changing situations. Two-way radio communication via Pye personal and mobile radiotelephones keeps you off the...
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TtrE day is spent ; the ied sun sinks Beneath the Western wave; The light bark gaily holds her course With her crew so stout and brave.
A few short hours, and all is changed; For loudly howls the Wast, And o'er the...
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Captured in oils: the most recent of the celebrated marine artist, David Cobb's lifeboat paintings is this impression of a rescue carried out by Troon lifeboat on September 12, 1980. Her coxswain, Ian Johnson, was awarded the silver...
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