Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 2.16 in the morning of the 30th of December, 1948, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a distress call had been sent out by the Fleetwood steam trawler Brides- maid, which was ashore at the north end of Islay...
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The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
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The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
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The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
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WHETHER the Shetland Islands were the Ultima Thule of the Romans or whether that term was really applied to Iceland, as many believe, is immaterial to most people living in the " adjacent islands" of Great Britain and Ireland; it...
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Maritime England A YEAR-LONG celebration of the sea is planned for Maritime England 1982 by the English Tourist Board. There may be as many as 2,000 special events put on in different parts of the country for the pleasure of visitors from...
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PORTMADOC.—On the morning of the 9th of December, 1854, the wind blowing hard from N.N.W. at the time, two large threemasted vessels were observed from Portmadoc to be on shore on the St. Patrick's Causeway, a dangerous shoal of several...
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