For the first time in its history the annual meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, when the Chairman, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., referred to the decisions...
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CONTENTS PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 2 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 3 CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE 3 40 YEARS OF SERVICE 8 HUGE EXPANSION IN WORK OF R.N.L.I. 9 FINE JOINT SAVE AT MARGATE 12 HARBOUR RESCUE IN DARKNESS 16...
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From the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (USA) - THE OFFICIAL RAINBOW TROUT COLLECTOR PENKNIFE fe* Collector's Edition.
Handsomely Engraved.
Created by World-Renowned Wildlife Artist Rick Fields...
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JUNE 14TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
Two men had been reported in difficulties on some rocks, but no one was found there and probably seals had been mistaken for men. - Rewards, £3 2s. 6d..
AUGUST 14TH. - FLAMBOROUGH , YORKSHIRE. Some people had been marooned in the cliffs, but when the lifeboat was launched her propeller was fouled by rubbish, and when she was ready to go she was not needed. - Rewards, £8 11s..
Books . . .
• In 1983 was published the first part of the late Grahame Farr's comprehensive Lists of British Lifeboats, covering non self-righting, pulling and sailing boats from 1775 to 1916. Before his death later...
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Committee of Management Commandant Vonla McBride, former director of the WRNS, Christopher Lucy, a stockbroker, and John James, a chartered surveyor, have joined the Committee of Management of the RNLI.
Commandant McBride...
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AUGUST 1910: DONAGHADEE station was established, its first boat being one of the earliest motor lifeboats in the Institution's fleet, a 43' Watson with a 40 hp engine capable of nearly 7 knots.
August 1975: it was...
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Tuesday, 6 September started off as a normal day in the office at Poole, but by mid morning this had all changed after a call from the director of the RNLI.
I was to liaise with the British Red Cross Society (BRCS), he said...
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Appledore, June 21, 1986: Mrs Trevor Thomas demonstrates the only way to christen an Atlantic 21. In this case it was Manchester and District No XXXII, funded by an appeal inspired by a former Lord Mayor of Manchester, Mr Trevor Thomas. The... - View image in PDF
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