Brownies were by far the greatest moneyspinners in the Guide Friendship Fund lifeboat project: 1st Woodseaves Brownies sent in £33 after a sponsored skip — to reach their target, each of 24 girls had to make 50... - View image in PDF
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Capsized tender ON THE AFTERNOON of Tuesday December 22, 1981, Derek Scott, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, was at his home overlooking the seafront when, at 1555, he heard cries for help. Scanning thebay with his binoculars he saw two men...
Brighton fundraisers organised a sponsored walk in July and, despite only five participants, raised £700.
The photograph shows the intrepid walkers with the Mayor of Brighton and Hove who has nominated the RNLI as the... - View image in PDF
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Acting Coxswain Roy Couzens Station: Dover Boat: 50ft Thames Rotary Service Conditions: Wind SSW Force 16- 17, gusting to more than 100 knots. Seas 20ft high within Dover Harbour, more than 60ft outside.
Service: Rescued... - View image in PDF
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JULY 26TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At about 2.42 in the morning the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about a mile north of Cromer, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 3 A.M.. A moderate...
Twenty-one West Sussex businessmen took part in a sponsored cycle ride from Littlehampton to Rustington and back in October, in aid of the R.N.L.I. The only unusual thing was that all were on one cycle, said to be the largest in the world,... - View image in PDF
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 7.45 on the morning of the 4th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small launch was drifting in the direction of Rhum Island and was a danger to navigation. The life-boat E. M. M....
25 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT December 1965 Scottish Station Closed The life-boat station at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, was closed on 30th September. The life-boat had not been called out on service for nearly four years, and it...
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Professor Sir George Smart BSc MD FRCP - Life Vice President.
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9th November. A man was washed overboard from a barge, but could not be found.— Rewards, £13 8s. 3d..