A Miniflare being fired at night. The payload is, incidentally, falling while burning: a distress pyrotechnic does not ascend burning.. - View image in PDF
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Waking branch were very fortunate in having TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh (3rd r) as their very entertaining and interesting guest speaker at a wine and dine evening in March. The evening, which raised £1,000, was organised by Mrs Patsy... - View image in PDF
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JULY 1ST. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A sailing canoe was thought to have been blown out to sea, but later it was learned that she had returned.-Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..
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. . . and Miss Ursula Upjohn disembarks from the 37ft 6in Rather Alice Upjohn at Dungeness.. - View image in PDF
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Emergency steering: the tiller can be seen on the rudder post.. - View image in PDF
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Trapped_men rescued from pier supports D class thrown against pier supports and holed during night service Sometimes the need to save a life over-rides all other considerations...
When Eastbourne lifeboat station heard that...
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To mark the retirement of Willie McEachern, motor mechanic at Islay for 25 years and a lifeboatman of 40 years service, he and his wife were guests of honour at a carnival dance in December—a gathering of friends and colleagues. During the... - View image in PDF
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Spain: the rescue fleet of the Cruz Roja del Mar includes more than 320 inshore lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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