A Topping idea...
It is not often that one sees the director of the RNLI wearing a hard-hat, laying concrete, sporting a sprig of yew tree and then supping a glass of ale - especially when perched on the top of a...
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
PATRONESS HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN
VICE PATRONESS —...
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THANES to the courtesy of Mr. SUMMEE I.
KIMBALI,, the General Superintendent of the United States Government Life-Saving Service, we are enabled to place before onr readers a general outline of the operations of that...
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JUNE 17TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.45 A.M. on the 16th June, a vessel in the Barley Picle was flying the “ Not under control ” signal. She was kept under observation. At noon a tug went out but found that the vessel,...
Deaths It is with regret that we report the following deaths Eddy John Porthcawl crew member and shore helper, in December 2001 Captain F Sheridan Galway deputy launching authority, on 4 April Tommy Alcock Former Holyhead coxswain, on 7...
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Ploughing matches with vintage tractors was the idea of Gordon Bell, honorary secretary of Kilrea branch, Northern Ireland. The first, held in 1976, raised £.104, but unfortunately heavy rain in 1977 meant very few spectators so that,... - View image in PDF
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BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—It will be remembered by our readers that on the occasion of the Jubilee of our late beloved QUEEN VICTORIA, in the year 1887, the Committee of Management, with the sanction of Her Most Gracious Majesty, who was the...
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DUNMORE, EAST, Co. WATERFORD.—It having been reported that a large steamer in distress was anchored off Slade, co. Wexford, during a whole gale from the S.8.W. and a very heavy sea, the Life-boat Henry Dodd was promptly launched at 12,15 P.M...
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Thursday, 5th May, 1864. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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Wells Lifeboat Ernest Tom Neathercoat Photographed From Raf Helicopter Rescue 125 Soon After 1000 On November 21 As She Rides Out The Storm and High Sea. - View image in PDF
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