FRASERURGH, SCOTLAND. A life-boat station has been established at Frazerburgh by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in conjunction with the Harbour Commissioners of that port. The life-boat is on the Institution's plan, designed by Mr....
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Ever wanted to walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs?
Foraging for fossils at the coast may be the closest you’ll get
Paddy Howe’s fascination with fossils started at a young age. ‘When I was a kid, I was...
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a r o u n d and a b o u t t h e RNLI A fifty-first occasion for lottery draw To mark the RNLI's 51st national lottery, Brigadier Mike Wingate-Gray QBE MC and Bar, who served with the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch in the 51st Highland...
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Mrs Hale, 84 years old and almost blind, nevertheless made this lovely crochet bedspread of 360 separate squares. Raffled at a small function it raised £50 for Ware branch.
With Mrs Hale is Pop David, aged 87, a... - View image in PDF
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Away! Launch practice for lifeboat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 1. - View image in PDF
Upper photograph by courtesy of Manx Press Pictures; lower photograph by courtesy of W. - View image in PDF
S. Basnett. - View image in PDF
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During the Show, John Meakes, Managing Director of J. G. Meakes Ltd, presented a cheque for £105 to Captain Nigel Dixon, KN, Director of the RNLI. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of the 'Daily Express'. - View image in PDF
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A Christmas pantomime, 'Aladin', performed by the Little Theatre Charity Pantomime Company raised £2,000 for Teesmouth lifeboat. Mr R. E. H. Winterschladen, manager of the company, together with members of the cast, presented... - View image in PDF
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Steve Vince, the coxswain of Poole's Brede class lifeboat holds one of the winning tickets in the draw for the RNLI's 69th quarterly lottery.With him are members of the Poole crew and Anthony Oliver, the Institution's deputy head... - View image in PDF
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As a forerunner to 'Operation Lifeboat', Devon Scouts visited Plymouth lifeboat station on December 8, 1973, when they were taken out in Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse for practical demonstrations: on steering. - View image in PDF
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Ramsgate, Kent. At 3.28 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1959, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that a yacht was unable to make Ramsgate harbour and was dragging her anchor and in danger of going ashore. Six minutes...