JUNE 23RD. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea and her pilot had baled out, but he was picked up by a boat which had put out from the shore. - Rewards, £11 10s..
Five hundred people attending Gorleston lifeboat hall gave a big 'send off to a mammoth fund-raising event by- Great Yarmouth and District Round Table No. 41.
The Tabler.i aim to raise £10,000 for the Institution... - View image in PDF
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SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—A gale of wind having sprung up on the 2nd March, it was feared that the barge Ada, which had arrived from London with a load of granite, would be in need of help. She was lying about half a mile S.E. of the pier-head. The...
The Torbay, Devon, life-boat arriving at Brixham on 9th July, 1968, with 126 holidaymakers rescued from the Torquay to Brixham ferry, Western Lady, which ran aground in thick fog.. - View image in PDF
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APRIL 15TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A Blenheim bomber had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 12s. 6d..
Two boys from We/ling/on School, Andy Baker and Mark Samuel, both aged 14 ears, cycled from Wellington to Torquay and back to raise money for the RNLI. The round trip was about 100 miles and the bovs raised £182 through... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 16TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
A message from the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea two miles north of the Reculvers, On her way out the life-boat picked up on her wireless the position...
ANOTHER of those terrible visitations which have so frequently of late years befallen the fishing population on the east coast of Scotland, has again occurred, by which calamity no less than 44 men, mostly in the prime of life, have lost...
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Lifeboat Lottery The £1M barrier has been broken! The Winter 2006 Lifeboat Lottery brought in more than £1M, making the final income for the year £3.9M. This is a magnificent total and more than half as much again as that for...
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