Norden Primary School raised £250 for the RNL1 by collecting newspapers and organising fairs and competitions.
Philip Shepherd handed over the cheque to Brian Stevenson, ADOS North West, with Mrs... - View image in PDF
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The trimaran Triharda in Yarmouth harbour after her recovery and righting with the Arun class Joy and John Wade in the background.
The damage to the tri was not so extensive as the photograph might imply as the outer hulls... - View image in PDF
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Aldeburgh, Suffolk Arbroath, Angus Arklow, Wicklow Ballycotton, Co. Cork Barmouth, Merionethshire Barry Dock, Glamorganshire Beaumaris, Anglesey Bembridge, Isle of Wight Blackpool, Lancashire Bridlington, Yorkshire Broughty Ferry, Angus...
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THURSDAY, 12th June, 1890.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bait., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and...
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The R.N.L.I, issues three medals—in gold, silver and bronze. The reverse shows three men in a life-boat, one of whom is in the act of rescuing an exhausted man from the waves. It is inscribed 'Let not the deep swallow me up'. The... - View image in PDF
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DURING December life-boats went out on service 40 times and rescued 60 lives.
PROPELLER FOULED, ANCHOR CHAIN BROKEN Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At five o'clock on the evening of the 1st of December, 1950, distress signals...
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Thursday, 2nd April, 1914.
The rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., was unanimously elected Chairman, and Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., Deputy Chairman, of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
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Ilfracombe, Devon. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched with the district engineer on board for an engine trial in a moderate easterly wind and a choppy sea. It was...
IN THE ACCOUNT of the service by Padstow lifeboat to the coaster Skopelos Sky which appeared in the summer edition of the journal, there was an unusual addendum. Unlike most reports that begin with words to the effect that 'the lifeboat...
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THE discussion in the Press and elsewhere which followed the Rye disaster showed that the public was very far from understanding the relative merits of self-righting Life-boats and of those which do not self-right, or the reasons which...
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