THE feudal keep, the bastions of Cohorn, Even when they rose to cheek or to repel Tides of aggressive war, oft served as well Greedy ambition, armed to treat with scorn Just limits ; but yon Tower, whose smiles adorn This perilous bay,...
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Tall orders Although somewhat dwarfed by the largest "tall ship" in the world, the 386ft Russian Sedov, volunteers manning the stand from branches and guilds in the Tyne area were thrilled to sell over £2,000 worth of...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At about 9.9 P.M. on the 1st June, 1938, the Cliff End coastguard telephoned that a yacht was in distress at the mouth of Lymington River. She was the auxiliary cutter yacht Monie, of Southampton, bound with a crew...
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Western Division MFV aground A RED FLARE fired over Barmouth Bar was seen by the honorary secretary of Barmouth lifeboat station at 2140 on Wednesday November 22, 1978. Just after he had alerted Coxswain Evan Jones, the honorary secretary...
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Safety Equipment Advisory Check How does your boot chock outP On 16 November 1999, Melvyn and Jean Taylor of Doncaster were sitting in their motor cruiser at Strawberry Island Boating Club waiting for their RNLI SEA Check Adviser to carry...
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In brief BRANCHES in North Wales had a busy Summer - Holyhead ladies raised £1,200 from the sale souvenirs and Volvo draw tickets at the Anglesey show; Llandudno branch raised £1,150 from collection boxes and souvenirs at an...
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'FORTH TYNE NORTHWESTERLY BACKING SOUTHERLY. 4 OCCASIONALLY 5 IN FORTH AT FIRST, SHOWERS. GOOD" RAIN LATER, GOOD .UATSTRATING THE SHIPPING FORK :AS1 Peter Collyer The words are evocative. They are part of our cultural heritage....
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— During a whole W.S.W. gale and heavy sea on the 27th October a telegram was received from the Clontarf Coastguard, stating that two vessels were showing signals of distress. As both vessels were in dangerous positions, about one mile north...