NOVEMBER 7TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Two fishing cobles of Flamborough, the Doreen May and the Pioneer, were fishing off Flamborough Head. The weather was getting worse, and by eleven in the morning a north-easterly gale was blowing, with...
ALAS! How many wholesale shipwrecks have the last few months witnessed! How many human beings, who might otherwise, like ourselves, have been now enjoying the many and varied blessings which life affords, have been cut off by these sad, sad...
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An oil painting of the Walton-on-the-Naze life-boat aiding the grounded collier Ypapanti, off the Essex coast in the November gales of 1966, was the centre of attraction at a dinner and life-boat film show in aid of the R.N.L.I. at the... - View image in PDF
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Below: Some of the inflatables picked Up On 29 July. Pictures Ben Hardafco'. - View image in PDF
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WHEREIN LIES the essence of good public relations? Who better to ask than Patrick Howarth, for more than a quarter of a century public relations officer of the RNLI? His answer is predictably clear-cut and to the point: 'First of all in...
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VIP launch: the Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, was given the task of striking the releasing pin to set Douglas lifeboat on her way down the slipway when he visited the station in June. Douglas, on the Isle of Man, was where the... - View image in PDF
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CLASS Fishing boats - all types Motor vessels, motor boats, etc.
Sailing yachts, sailing dinghies, sailing boats3 motor cruisers and motor yachts Aircraft Small boats, canoes, rubber dinghies, etc.
Landing...
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Two life-boat stations celebrated the centenary of their foundation in 1958. One was the station at Ballycotton in County Cork ; the other was Hastings in Sussex.
The ceremony at Hastings took place on the 27th of July,...
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Mrs J. Stancer, chairman of the Warwick ladies' lifeboat guild, holding the new silver lifeboat trophy described on this page. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of Heart of England Newspapers Ltd.. - View image in PDF
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Raymond Cory, Vice Chairman of the RNLI proposes the vote of thanks to Countess Mountbatten after the presentation of awards.. - View image in PDF
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