Word came on 7 April that a dog was in trouble off Dynamite quay, St Ives – and that a man was about to try to rescue it. The tide was rushing out of the estuary, making any such attempt by a swimmer extremely dangerous. When the D class...
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UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS, 38 & 39 VICTORIA, CAP. 88.) THE Act -which was passed at the end of last Session for the better security of ships and sailors, although only to con- tinue in force for one year, is of consider- able importance, as...
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Lowesloft: When on August 30 Lowestoft lifeboat went to the help oj Jolie Brise, returning from Oslo to Harwich on the second leg of the 1978 Tall Ships Race, it was Thomas Knott's last service as coxswain . . . photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
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That the life-boat service is busier every year is now becoming a clearly established fact, and it received further confirmation in the first six months of the present year. In 1965 an all-time record for launches was established, yet there...
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Thursday, 8th January, 1914.
Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, G.B., C.M.G., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read the minutes of the Building, Finance...
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THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1958 has been won by Motor Mechanic Michael Peters of St. Ives for the rescue of a party who were marooned in a cave on the 9th of August, 1958. A...
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Inaugural Ceremony of the New Motor Life-boat.
H.R.H. THE PRINCE GEORGE, K.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the new motor life-boat at Shoreham Harbour, Sussex, on 15th March last. This is the eighth motor life-boat which he has...
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Monet's Masterpiece For just £169 you can spend a three day break visiting some lovely gardens in Northern France, including world famous Monet's Garden at Givemy.
The superb flower beds and archways of...
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Communities have naturally evolved on the coast due to their very proximity to the sea and the riches it brings. However, fluctuating demand, depleting natural resources and the discovery of new ones, have meant that coastal peoples have had...
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The Life-boat journal was first published at a time of immense change for the Institution. In an extract from his book Riders of the Storm, Ian Cameron recounts some of the major events from that period of the RNLI's history.The...
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