FORTHCOMING EVENTS We regret that we are unable to include notices of forthcoming events in THE LIFEBOAT as the number involved would soon swamp the journal. We endeavour to report as many fundraising events as possible after they have taken...
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Coming Events Poole lifeboat, Augustine Courtauld, will be named by Lady Rayner on May 7.
Annual General Meeting, Royal Festival Hall, May 8. The Presidential address will be made by HRH The Duke of Kent, who will also...
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COntents news including 6 top RNLi AWARds Chetham’s School of Music and Walls’ ice cream stand proudly alongside three gallant lifesavers 7 BUsiest yeAR yet Record rescues and record income in 2006 9 LifeBoAt oN sHoW foR 100 yeARs The...
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There are available from the RNLI Dublin office (10 Merrion Square, Dublin 2) First Day Covers of the following Irish Post Office stamps: Official RNLI cover RNLI commemorative 5p stamp: 50p.
Special cover, with RNLI...
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On Tuesday 24 June, Julie Maskell had just arrived for duty in the RNLI Operations room at Poole. She settled into her chair and hoped for a quiet evening. Moments later, at 6pm, she received a call from Arqiva’s control room. As well as...
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Redcar branch ladies guild's income for 1976 exceeded £4,000, all raised the hard way. None of the members has a car, so that large suitcases have to be heaved on and off buses in support of their various fund-raising efforts. In...
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THE ATLANTIC 21 rigid inflatable has proved one of the most successful of the Institution's modern lifeboats and 30 are now on station. With an overall length of 22ft 9in, a rigid GRP hull and inflatable neoprene tube 'bulwarks',...
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The 175th year looking back After a remarkable year the 175th anniversary programme formally ends at the 2000 London Boat Show.
There was more total media coverage of the RNLI's birthday in one day on 4 March than in...
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‘I hope I remember how to walk,’ says the saddlesore Steve McAllister after cycling a good chunk of his 8,000-mile route. At the time of writing, Steve had just cycled through what he describes as ‘the unbelievably beautiful beaches and...
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Storm Force Club Towards the end of last year, my branch started a Storm Force Club. This is not a group sharing corporate membership, but a club for youngsters who already have or who may be interested in having their own individual Storm...
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