JUST AS at a time of family celebration, wherever its members may be, their thoughts will turn to home, so in the spring of 1974 the thoughts of the RNLI and its friends must inevitably turn to Douglas; the little seaport on the Isle of Man...
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Mrs Joan Shipway, flag week organiser and box secretary from 1985 to 1995. She was awarded a statuette in 1990..
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THULE? The most remote land sighted by the Romans? Was it Shetland? Perhaps. Certainly Shetland is the most northerly of the British Isles and Aith and Lerwick, both lying above latitude 60 degrees north, are the most northerly of the...
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Mrs Joan Mant, vice chairman of Bath Ladies' Guild since 1980 and a very longstanding member of the committee.
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Jan Schaub of Cleveland, Ohio hopped on a plane and gave the Whitby appeal a surprise cash boost.
Jan is pictured with Whitby Station Treasurer Geoff Cooling, Mechanic Glen Goodberry and Second Coxswain John... - View image in PDF
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Ten hours of non-stop magic at the Moat House Hotel in Liverpool conjured up £1,800 for New Brighton lifeboat station last October.
Twenty members of the Mahatma Magic Circle, three of whom are pictured here (I to r)... - View image in PDF
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Breaking up SOLENT COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Selsey lifeboat station at 2051 on Wednesday October 5, 1983, that red flares had been sighted close inshore off Selsey Bill and requested that the 15ft 6in D class inflatable...
Mrs Joan Field, president of Bridlington lifeboat luncheon club from 1981 to 1984. Mrs Field had been a member of the club since the 1960s and she had served as assistant honorary secretary from 1976 to 1977, speaker secretary from 1977 to...
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