On the left are two of the three stamps issued in 1963 to mark the holding of the Ninth International Life-boat Conference in Edinburgh. - View image in PDF
On the right are two stamps from the Netherlands with life-boat themes.. - View image in PDF
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Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 2.17 early on the morning of the 23rd of April, 1954, the South Gare lighthouse keeper rang up to say that one of the lifting camels working on the wreck of the S.S. Guildford in Tees Bay had broken adrift, and was...
JANUARY 26TH. - NEWBURGH, AND ABERDEEN, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 25th January a very heavy storm of wind and snow broke on the coast. All roads and railways became blocked with snow, making traffic impossible, and telephone wires were broken....
On Saturday evening August 7, 1982, a joint event was held by Beer and District branch and the Axminster Girl Guides Association, which was attended by about 12,000 people and raised about £850 for the lifeboats. There was a camp fire... - View image in PDF
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Eastbourne, Newhaven, Shoreham Harbour and Selsey, Sussex - At 9.45 p.m. on 7th January, 1967, a message was received that the East German m.v.
Saale, which was on fire, required assistance.
The life-boat...
The thirtieth year of He/ensburgh ladies' guild was celebrated with some successful fund raising. £500 was made at a coffee morning run by Mrs Joan Robertson; a curry supper at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club brought in... - View image in PDF
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Poole guild, formed twelve years ago with ten members, now has a membership of 700 and since 1969 it has raised 63,000; the total last year exceeded 15,000. Members of the guild man both a lifeboat caravan on Poole Quay, which took...
Category: Donations
ADMIRAL, FitzRoy, the skilful sailor, the travelled naturalist, the earnest Christian, and the best friend of the population which fringes our sea-girt isle, and the zealous coadjutor of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, has gone to his...
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On the afternoon of the 13th January a ketch was seen to anchor off Southsea -Castle and close to broken water, and as she was near to the shore and possibly bumping it, the coxswain of the Life-boat Heyland was informed, the crew were...
The new Lymington, Hampshire, IRB which was presented by the Abbey Life Assurance Co. Ltd. to the R.N.L.I.. - View image in PDF
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