22nd September. A yacht had been seen flying a flag which the coxswain thought was a,t half-mast as a signal of distress, but when the life-boat arrived she found that this was not so and the yacht was in no need of help.—Rewards, £10...
Girvan, Ayrshire - At 4 p.m. on 5th September, 1968, the coastguard reported that a motor boat with two people on board was in difficulties in Maidens bay. Five minutes later the life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service No. 10) slipped her...
As our readers are aware, it has been the practice of the Institution, from its earliest days, to make substantial grants to the widows and children of the gallant men who have lost their lives "on active service" in the cause of...
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LOST THEIR DINGHY St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 6.15 p.m. on i8th October, I963,thecoastguard told the acting honorary secretary that two fires and a flashing light had been seen on Ramsey Island. At 6.19 the lifeboat Joseph Soar (Civil...
At a highly successful concert by Harrow Concert Band at Kodak Hall, Wealdstone, in September, the music played ranged from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Tchaikovsky.
Rayners Lane and Eastcote branches helped with the... - View image in PDF
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WHILE its popularity rise has not been quite so obvious when compared with the pleasure boating explosion as a whole, offshore powerboat racing today has a very strong coastwise following with events held every summer weekend at different...
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Assistant Chief Inspector of Life-boats A MODERN life-boat may cost as much as £36,500. The great bulk of the cost is, of course, that of the hull and machinery, but a modern life-boat also carries a variety of stores and equip- ment....
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The view from the upper terrace of the sea city walls will, as this artist's impression shows, be a dramatic one.
In this vista from the north west side of the city, the various levels of terraces, with their landscaped... - View image in PDF
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Eastbourne: Coxswain Derek Hu ett (I.) and station honorary secretary Alderman Cecil I . Baker outside the lifeboat museum which enjoys a fine position on the promenade.. - View image in PDF
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