THE honorary secretary of the Women's Auxiliary at Folkestone has had from a public schoolboy a gift, in the form of personal service, of the value of £6 14s. 3d. In the course of three holidays he has saved her that sum in...
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All inquiries concerning YLA matters should be addressed to: Mr. Alasdair Garrett, Secretary, Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association, 29a Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 ITT.
(Tel.: 0722-6966).RALLY...
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SCARBOROUGH.—The local Life-boat Association at Scarborough having recently joined the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the establishment was at once completely renovated, and a new boat—32 feet long, and rowing 10 oars, which had been...
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Two lifeboats help in evacuation of 114 from stranded passenger vesselBoth of Poole's lifeboats were called on to help with the evacuation of 114 passengers from a passenger vessel which ran aground in darkness and thick fog on the night...
THURSDAY, 5th July, 1855. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence and the Wreck and Reward...
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RNLI shoreworks manager Howard Richings takes his coastal voyage from Fishguard to SillothThe first half of 2001 was one of the busiest periods ever for the RNLI shoreworks team. Before setting sail northwards from Fishguard, a quick fook...
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Lone yachtsman saved by men from Morecambe lifeboat station The Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on Vellum have been awarded to three men from Morecambe lifeboat station following the rescue of a yachtsman who was...
THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in the North-West of England, and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in...
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THE annual match for the " Baring Cup" was played between teams representing the Head Office and the Storeyard on 2nd April, on a ground kindly lent by Messrs. J. Stone & Co.
Ltd., at Charlton, Kent. The...
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WHEN FISHERMAN John Nudds of Wells, Norfolk, and his crew, Alfred Smith and Martin Frary, were presented with letters of commendation by the RNLI for rescuing the lives of two yachtsmen in difficulties last June, their 'local', the...
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