A harbour fete at the little Northumbrian coastal village of Craster last July raised £.1,531 for the lifeboat service. It was opened with charm and wit by Joyce Grenfell who also sang snatches of her songs, everyone joining in... - View image in PDF
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French trawler in distress AT 0401 on the morning of Friday February 15, 1985, Falmouth's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Elizabeth Ann, left the lee of Falmouth docks heading out to sea on service at full speed. Coxswain Viv Pentecost was at...
SPONSORED WALK OVER £35,000 has been raised so far by the National Sponsored Walk organised by the Central Appeals Committee which took place on Sunday, 18th April, 1971. By the time all the money has been received—40 branches have...
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Exmouth, Devon.—22nd March, 1939.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew were saved by a small boat from the shore.—Rewards, £2615s.
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New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 6.10 p.m. on 29th August, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties three to four miles west of New Quay head. The IRB was launched at 6.25 in a fresh north easterly breeze...
THE following account of a disastrous shipwreck which recently occurred near Dundalk, on the east coast of Ireland, cannot fail to be interesting to all who peruse it. We think it deserving of record on three accounts —1st. As an instance of...
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POOLE.—The barque Brilliant, of Grimstadt, while on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen with a cargo of cedar logs, went aground on the Hook Sands, at the mouth of Poole harbour, in a heavy gale from S.E. by E. and a very high sea on the 12th...
Bryan Ralph (left) starts the big pull for Operation Sterndrive. With him are, from left to right, Trevor Lee (puller), Bryan Thompson (puller), 'Maggie' (helper), Janet Ralph (co-organiser and steerer), and Ken and Ruth Cookson... - View image in PDF
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