LAST November, for the first time since 1924, the Centenary year, a Lifeboat took part in the Lord Mayor's Show. The Boat was a Pulling and Sailing Life-boat from the Reserve Fleet at the Store-yard at Poplar. She was drawn by a...
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Jn Sunday, 15 March 1789 a ship, the Adventure of Newcastle, began the process which led to today's lifeboats.
Adventure was wrecked at the mouth of the Tyne while thousands of onlookers watched helplessly from the...
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FROM THE TIME that the RNLI first introduced its membership scheme at the Boat Show in 1969, the subscription has remained unchanged at £3, but it has now been decided that an increase must be made. From November 1, therefore, for new...
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OXE of the notable Life-boat events of 1930 was the great increase in the amount contributed to the Institution by Scotland. In a year in which of the eight districts into which Great Britain and Ireland are divided for the purpose of the...
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MEMBERSHIP is increasing steadily and at present totals over 14,000. Insignia sales have been growing in recent months, and we hope that we are now producing good quality articles at reasonable cost. We are aware that the 8-inch flags...
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Hard graft & glamour Her remarkable determination and bravery have won Tanni Grey-Thompson international awards and fans – but the sporting idol has her own heroes and heroines, as she explains to Rory Stamp ‘The weather was horrible,’...
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Brighton lifeboat station I read with interest the reference in the summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT to the fact that Brighton lifeboat station was marking its own 160th anniversary in 1984 as well as that of the...
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Mr. P. B. PEMBEBTON, of New York, who was saved from the wreck of the Mohegan, recently Beat a present of 501. to the crew of the Porthonstock Life-boat, St. Keverne, Cornwall. la thanking him, the crew forwarded their photographs and a...
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Sailing loan interest rates reduced for Shoreline members Now, as a Shoreline member, you're in a privileged position when it comes to financing your sailing.
Shoreline Sailing Loans are available to members Mercantile...
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