As many supporters of the life-boat service will be aware, the R.N.L.I. had a serious deficit in 1967. Expenditure amounted to over £1,921,000 and receipts to just over £1,500,000. This has left a gap of more than £410,000....
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There was a buzz in the Barbican on 19 May 2005 as RNLI Governors, crew, fundraisers and other supporters gathered for a day of reflection and celebration RNLI core supporters came from all corners of the UK and the Republic of Ireland to...
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Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.
May Meeting.
St. Helier, Jersey.—Five men left St.
Helier on the 31st March, in a converted ship's...
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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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(Above) Leeds appeal committee organised a charity greyhound meeting at Elland Road Stadium on May 6. Various firms in the city sponsored the eight races, to £100 each, and a very successful and enjoyable occasion yielded about... - View image in PDF
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THE DUKE OF MONTROSE has been com- pelled by ill-health to give up the work which, for many years, he has done for the Life-boat Service, as a member of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution and its treasurer, and as chairman of...
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The Presbyterian Church of England and the Society of Friends.
IN addition to the numerous thanks- giving services which were arranged individually by Branches, two Churches, the Presbyterian Church of England, and the...
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THE RNLI INQUIRY into the capsizes of Barra Island and Islay lifeboats off the west coast of Scotland last November, reported on page 6, has concluded that both lifeboats were overwhelmed by heavy breaking seas in violent storm conditions...
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NEW BRIGHTON.—On the 4th January, 1881, at 3.45 A.M., in reply to signals of distress, the Life-boat Willie and Arthur proceeded to the Asque Spit and found the s.s. Brazilian, of Barrow, ashore there.
After the boat's...
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Michael Vernon, the Chairman of the RNLI addressed the audience at the morning Annual General Meeting. - View image in PDF
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