NEVER in the memory of man have there been at Newquay, Cornwall, such "red-letter" days as the 8th and 9th June, 1909, when T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales—travelling as Duke and Duchess of Cornwall—paid a visit to this...
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HEMMED in on all sides by high hills, and occupying a position in the very heart of the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, itself a large centre of population engaged in the woollen and cloth trades, is situated the town of...
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Friday, 16th September, 1921.
Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the Chair.
Reported the death of Admiral of the Fleet, The Marquis of Milford Haven, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., and of Major Sir E. F....
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Fishguard - Trent class Blue Peter VII On 17 June 1995 Fishguard's brand new Elm Trent class lifeboat Blue Peter VII was officially named - and, to judge by the number of young people gathered on the foreshore for the ceremony, it was...
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In December last, the Viscountess Hawarden was chairman of the Central London Women's Committee 150th anniversary Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball at the Dorchester Hotel. The event was graced by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent and...
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THE Ninety-ninth Annual General Meeting of THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held at the Eolian Hall, New Bond Street, S.W. 1, on Tuesday, 17th April, 1923, at 3 p. m., Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Beatty, G.C.B., O.M. (First...
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It is with regret that we report the following deaths: Noel Smart DL - Council member Harry Mounsey - Life vice president Owen (Bunge)Taylor- Salcombe ex-coxswain LB Charles - Northampton branch president F Barnett - Wisbeach branch...
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SHORTLY after midnight on the 2nd of September, 1951, the coastguard at Margate called up the life-boat station to say that he could see distress signals being flashed by a torch from a small yacht just outside the harbour.
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AFTER a fortnight of incessant rain, the weather changed for the better, and on 17th July, 1972, everything seemed set fair for a successful lifeboat week. The piece de resistance was to be a display by a Royal Navy helicopter from...
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75 Years Ago The following article appeared in the August, 1911, issue of THE LIFEBOAT:VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
FOK the second time within two years Newiniay has been fortunate enough to receive a...
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