26 May: Coldingham Bay Two teenagers thought they were safe paddling in shallow water, but the strong current soon pulled them far out to sea. Luckily, lifeguards Giordano Ceccarelli and Nick Campbell spotted...
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The inshore lifeboat station at Cowes, Isle of Wight, joined the RNLI fold on 1 July.
The trustees of the town’s independent lifeboat service, which had been serving the community for 19 years, asked the RNLI to take on...
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THE RNLI ACCOUNTS for 1984 have yet to be completed, but they are likely to show that during the year at least £21 million has been raised. This figure reflects not only the tremendous efforts of the branches and guilds but also the...
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VOICes ‘The lifeboat volunteers make me proud to be British.’ Murray Walker The voice of Formula One tells Rory Stamp of his admiration for the RNLI’s crews ‘I’ve always had immeasurable respect for them,’ says Murray Walker as he watches...
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Mersey class lifeboat Margaret Jean enters the water for the first time after her official naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
Photo Gilbert Hampton Photography. - View image in PDF
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THURSDAY, 14th January, 1892.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
The Secretary having reported the death of H...
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Management.
Thursday, 21st January, 192S.
The Hon. GEORGE COLVILLE, in the Chair.
Reported the resignation of Captain SELWYN H. DAY, C.B., D.S.O., R.N.R., from the Committee of...
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Communities have naturally evolved on the coast due to their very proximity to the sea and the riches it brings. However, fluctuating demand, depleting natural resources and the discovery of new ones, have meant that coastal peoples have had...
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Right: Cullercoats' Atlantic 21 lifeboat Edmund and Joan White being put through her paces.. - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 2lST. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. The engines of the Norwegian steamer Lorn, of Bergen, had broken down, but the steamer could not be found. Later it became known that the crew had repaired the engines and the steamer had gone on her...