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Lifeboat Lottery
Summer 2009 winners
1st prize: Peugeot 107 Urban 3-door hatchback, Mr D Lowman, London (pictured on his VIP visit to Tower lifeboat station)
2nd prize: 13-night cruise onboard Balmoral to the Canary...
Category: Articles
EXTREME COASTAL WALKING
One fundraiser’s epic trek
After 3 years, 9,500 miles and 7 pairs of boots, fundraiser Alex-Ellis Roswell has completed his walk around the coasts of Britain and Ireland – calling in at every lifeboat station along the way. He...
Category: Articles
Some Ways of Raising Money
Last year some boys belonging to the Bluebird Navigators visited the RNLI Depot at Boreham Wood with Mr Jim Garrard, of Kesgrove, Suffolk, their leader. Mr Garrard puts on his static displays for the RNLI all around the east coast and does...
Category: Articles
People and Places
Drama after the draw! The former Beirut hostage, John McCarthy, and comedienne Sandi Toksvig drew a massive crowd to Weymouth's harbourside when they kept a promise to the RNLI to pick the winning tickets in the 66th National Lottery.<...
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A LIFESAVING PARTNERSHIP
Like the RNLI, Haven is at the heart of coastal communities. Last spring we began a 3-year partnership to make our coasts safer and help people create happy memories by the sea
Haven runs 40 award-winning holiday parks...
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Obituary
IT is with the deepest regret that we have to record the death of Lieut.- Augustus Philip Clayton, of Coombe Colonel Sir FitzRoy Augustus Talbot Bank, Kent. He was educated at Clayton, K.C.V.O., which took place i Eton and served in the...
Category: Obituaries
Aberystwyth: on Saturday August 20 a Fine Warm Day After a Night of Violent Thunder Storms Aberystwyth's New Mk Iv Zodiac D Class Inflatable Twin-Engined Lifeboat
Aberystwyth: On Saturday August 20, a fine, warm day after a night of violent thunder storms, Aberystwyth's new Mk IV Zodiac D class inflatable, twin-engined lifeboat was handed over and a service of dedication was held for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Contents
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 523 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...
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The Replica 12th Century Long Boat Aileach
Longboat's steering fails 40 miles north of Cape WrathSome of the latest technology came to the aid of some of the earliest when Stromness lifeboat station's relief Arun class Newsbuoy was launched to the aid of a replica 12th...
Pinta
JULY 23RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
While returning to Hull after a visit to Spurn, the small sailing yacht Pinta, of Hull, manned by five sea scouts, was forced to put back by a rising wind. The sea was moderate, but a...