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Mrs P Whateley
Mrs P Whateley Bude chairman. Mrs Whateley served the guild for over 40 years, becoming secretary in 1971 and treasurer in 1976.
She was president of the station branch from 1982 until her death. She was awarded the Silver...
Category: Obituaries
OBITUARY: Captain Ramsay of Mar
Captain Ramsay of Mar With regret we report the death of Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar MA FRICS DL, honorary life governor and vice convener of the Scottish lifeboat council 1965-1989, who died on 19 December...
Category: Obituaries
Boat Was Never More Than 150M from the Boathouse
Aberdovey helmsman Phil Nicol recovered from his brush with death (see page 8) In time to travel in style to his wedding on Easter Saturday. This caused quite a stir in the village. However, the boat was never more than 150m from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dedicated Lifeboat Restorers Or Gluttons for Punishment?
Dedicated lifeboat restorers or gluttons for punishment? Martin also bought Langham - Bembridge's first motor lifeboat which arrived in 1922 - five years ago and she is now m the queue for restoration.
Langham is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) One of the Illustrations from the Booklet Safety on the Sea
(Above) One of the illustrations from the booklet Safety On The Sea, produced by the RNLI for the Sea Safety Liaison Working Group, comprised of six of the major organisations involved in marine use and safety. Under the cartoon is a list of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Aeroplanes (1)
AUGUST 27TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
Two aeroplanes had collided and fallen in Blackpool, and two airmen had been seen to fall into the sea, but nothing could be found. After the return of the life-boat a party of...
A Small Motor Boat
OCTOBER 19TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
A small motor boat, attached to the Air Ministry, with only one man on board, had got lost in a dense fog, but she was eventually picked up by a Gourdon fishing boat, thirteen miles from her...
Fishing Boat (1)
JANUARY 15TH . - BOULMER, AND AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND. A small Newbiggin fishing boat, bound from North Sunderland to Amble, had been reported overdue, but nothing could be found, and on the following day the boat was towed in by a Craster...
Broughty Ferry (Dundee): Before the Naming Ceremony Began a Souvenir Programme Was Presented to the Duke of Kent By Catherine Piggot (Right) Daughter of Cre
Broughty Ferry (Dundee): Before the naming ceremony began a souvenir programme was presented to the Duke of Kent by Catherine Piggot (right), daughter of Crew Member Alastair Piggot. After the ceremony Coxswain John Jack and his crew took... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs