With the recession, volcanic ash, and concerns for the environment, more people are taking holidays closer to home, especially to walk our coastal paths. What is the impact on the RNLI?
Waves crashing on a sandy beach or...
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The new North Sunderland life-boat was named Grace Darling at the life- boat station at Seahouses on the 31st of July. Mr. H. E. B. Daniell, chair- man of the North Sunderland branch, took the chair. Lieut. E. D. Stogdon, R.N.V.R., district...
Category: Inaugurations
EARL'S COURT, LONDON, JANUARY 5 TO 15 RECORDS AGAIN BROKEN AT RNLI STAND by Heather Deane Assistant Public Relations Officer, RNLI THE SOUND OF BAGPIPES proclaimed the Scottish theme of this year's International Boat Show and further...
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THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1, 1982, for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more, has been awarded to: Aberystwyth Crew Member A. Blair Crew Member B. P. Jones Crew Member K....
Category: Awards
(Left) Coxswain Matthew Lethbridge. Jnr, BEM. with his wife Pal.. - View image in PDF
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ANNUAL AWARDS 1979 The Maud Smith Award for the most outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman during 1979 has been made to Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan for the rescue of the crew of four of the Panamanian cargo vessel Revi in a...
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Among rocks A YACHT firing red flares near Green Island was reported by Police HQ at 0326 on Saturday September 3, 1983, to the deputy assistant harbour master at St Helier, who is also deputy launching authority of St Helier lifeboat...
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive, along with £950. Paul Graham, pictured (r) with his wife Susan, organised a luncheon at his pub, the James King at Pease Pottage in Sussex to celebrate the 1984 vintage and to support the RNLI. Among... - View image in PDF
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By advices from Newfoundland, Nov. 14, it appears that the brig Emma, Captain WHITE, 80 days from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, was lost about midnight "on Saturday last, at Seal Cove, a small opening three miles north of Flat Hock,...
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Royal Festival Hall, 1972, and Robert Haworth receives from HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, the silver medal awarded for Barmouth ILB's service on June 21, 1971.. - View image in PDF
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