H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER named the new Ramsgate life-boat Michael and Lily Davis on the llth of June, 1954. A certificate inscribed on vellum to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of a life- boat station at Ramsgate...
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NOTES OFTHEQUARTER (from page 355) their efforts in collecting paperback books, enough money has been raised to provide replacements in due course for the inshore lifeboats at Beaumaris, Littlehampton, North Berwick and St. Agnes. A total of...
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IT is our national boast that Britannia rules the waves, and so it was only befitting that the honour of, inventing the Life-boat should fall to the lot of a Briton. Whether or not Henry Greathead was that particular Briton has been a matter...
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Left - Geoff Dalton of Cotswold Falconry Centre, shows Stan and a Storm Force member one of the wonderful birds of prey which were on display.. - View image in PDF
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Inaugural Ceremony of " Robert Patton—The Always Ready." H.R.H. The Princess Royal named the new motor life-boat at Runswick Bay, Yorkshire, on 20th September, in the presence of over 5,000 people from all parts of Yorkshire.<...
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On May 10 HRH The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, visited lifeboat stations in Orkney. At Kirkwall he presented to Captain William Sinclair, coxswain of the lifeboat, the bronze medal awarded to him for the service on January 22... - View image in PDF
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James Dougal has been assistant second coxswain/ assistant mechanic of Eyemouth lifeboat since 1991. He joined the crew in 1972 and served as assistant mechanic from 1982 until taking up his present position.
A collective... - View image in PDF
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—On the morning of the 4th July, the coastguard reported a yacht, six miles S.S.E. from Woody Point, dismasted, and making towards Culver. A moderate S.W.
gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. A...