Environmental disaster prevented Bronze medal for Thurso Coxswain and awards to Thurso and Longhope crews Thurso lifeboat Coxswain William Farquhar has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for bravery for his part in an incident...
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Sharing the work—and the enjoyment—in a husband and wife partnership, Alf and Joan Jenkins are joint honorary secretaries of Truro branch. They put their combined help behind such enterprising branch activities as a button auction which... - View image in PDF
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THE great necessity of constantly using the lead or sounding has been recognised from the earliest period in the history of navigation.
In the present day, when so many thousand vessels are engaged in carrying on the...
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LIFE-BOAT CROSSWORD—4 0 The winners of the April crossword were: 1st prize (£1), Dr. J. J. Drever, Brunton Place, Edinburgh, 2nd prize (£1), Mr. R. W. McLaren, Grange Park, Woodland Avenue, Cramleigh, Surrey; 3rd prize (£1),...
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FROM the Abstract of the Wreck Register presented by the Board of Trade, before the close of last Session, to Parliament, it appears that the number of shipwrecks, casualties, and collisions on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom,...
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THE RNLI'S twentieth national lottery draw was made at Poole HQ on January 28 by Anita Harris, who had recentlytaken the name role of Robinson Crusoe in the highly successful pantomime at Poole Arts Centre. The draw was supervised by...
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COLLECTORS EDITION GAME All ten classic playing tokens are crafted in pewter and embellished with 22 carat gold. Board shown much smaller than actual size of 203/«"L x 201/." W x 3"H.
The exclusive...
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THE Institution's Storeyard is at Poplar, in a district of London where there is a great deal of poverty, and at Christmas last year it gave a Tea and Entertainment to over 150 children.
It was entirely arranged and...
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How each £100 of die Institution's Expenditure was kid out in 1930.
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36 8 0 H ••— Construction and Repair of Life-boats, Carriages and Tractors.
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2 June: Moelfre’s Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet was launched as a dive boat was pushed towards rocks in a strong north-easterly wind and rough sea. The boat’s engine had failed with three people onboard,...
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