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100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, May 1889 issue THE LIFE-BOAT HOUSE The boats of the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under...
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Photographs which capture the true nature of the weather in which lifeboats operate are rare - but this picture of the Portrush (Ireland Division) Arun Richard Evans (Civil Service No.39) on 13 February 1989 certainly does.
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BaUycotton, Co. Cork.—This motor lifeboat was on service from the llth February to the 14th February, and rescued the crew of eight of the Daunt Lightship.—Rewards, gold medal, silver and bronze medals with vellums, binocular glass, letters...
Longhope, Orkneys, and Thurso, Caithness- shire.— On the 21st February the French trawler Neptunia ran aground, and her crew of forty-one were rescued by the Longhope lifeboat.
The Thurso life-boat was also...
The guests of honour at the annual RNLI coffee morning in Mayfield, East Sussex on 2 December 1995 were Keith Stevens, son of the stationmaster at Mayfield (in the days when they had a railway!) and now a member of the crew of the Selsey... - View image in PDF
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Birdwatchers on Filey Brigg saw a 2m dinghy capsize in poor weather on 9 September, throwing its two occupants into the water.
Filey’s D class Rotary District 1120 sped to the scene and found one man just about to...
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Some old photos can lead charmed lives - and these were some of the lucky ones which survived by pure chance, or rather by a chain of coincidences.
How did they arrive here? Well: if you treat your dustbin men nicely they...
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Injured boy RAMSEY COASTGUARD telephoned Peel lifeboat station at 1943 on Tuesday April 20, 1982, asking for immediate help for a boy who had fallen over the cliffs at Eairy Cushlin. Maroons were fired and the crew assembled. The Neil...