. . . while the farmer's sons and policemen tried to calm and control those waiting. With an incoming tide, time was against them.. - View image in PDF
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Workington didn't miss a trick when a Mersey class lifeboat visited the station for trials. One very wet and windy day during the Christmas period they trolleyed her along to their local Safeway supermarket and parked her in the car park... - View image in PDF
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This sporting looking team from Manders Paints Ltd, Wolverhampton, took part in the Beaujolais Nouveau Run last November. Sponsorship was obtained from many of Manders' suppliers and the driver Mike Marriott (1) and navigator Tony Hill... - View image in PDF
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Jan. 12.—Three men saved, with moderate risk to themselves, the crew of four men from the fishing - bait Grace Veale, of St. Ives, which capsized in a moderate gale and heavy sea off St. Ives on the 5th December, 1904.— Reward, II....
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As work on the Tamar class lifeboat design gathers pace, Neil Chaplin, RNLI principal naval architect, gives the Lifeboat a look behind the scenes. We also follow the introduction of a radical new electronics system that could herald a step...
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Although visitors are always welcome at its Poole headquarters and depot, the RNLI makes a special effort every two years, throwing the whole site open to visitors for two days and putting on displays and demonstrations to illustrate its...
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GREENORE, Co. LOUTH. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat station at Greenore, Carlingford Lough, in consequence of the urgent representation of several important authorities and local residents, who considered...
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A silver plated replica of Chapman Light made by Morris Johnson was presented to Her Majesty The Queen in June by Convey Island branch; for 106 years the light marked Chapman Sands, known as 'the last hazard' to ships returning to... - View image in PDF
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CADGWITH, CORNWALL.—At midnight, on the 13th January, 1868, a light being observed on or near the Vrogue Rocks, in a strong wind from the W.S.W., and a heavy ground sea, the Western Commercial Traveller life-boat was despatched to as-...
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Our summer break at Littlehampton was a little longer than anticipated perhaps due to a reluctance to depart before there was some progress to report on the new boathouse project. It is now some two years since discussions started on the...
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