JULY 3RD. - BEAUMARIS, AND HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. A wrecked aeroplane had been reported in the sea about twenty miles north of the Skerries, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Beaumaris, £11 11s. 9d. ; Holyhead, £6 5s..
JANUARY 16TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. A British aeroplane had crashed into the sea in a mined area, but the life-boat was recalled and naval vessels went out.- Rewards, £6 12s.
OCTOBER 25TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. A parachute had been reported coming down some miles to the northward, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £11 15s..
Memento of a night to remember: When the 85-strong Caldicat Male ("»/ce Choir, together with soprano soloist Miss Ann Beynon. gave a concert at Bournemouth at the invitation of the ladies' guild and Miss Mary Palmer on May 28,... - View image in PDF
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Floating away Arbroath's all-weather crew were assisting a local boat on 8 April 2006 when they noticed an inflatable dinghy being swept out to sea by tide and wind. D class John Charles Raybould and crew launched at 3pm to investigate....
They must be practical, versatile and tough enough to take a pounding, yet still live in harmony with their communities. Architect Mark Roberts explains just some of the challenges of designing lifeboat stations
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MARCH 25TH - 26TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. SOS flashes had been seen by the coastguard about six miles east of Cilan Head on the evening of March 25th, and at 9.45 the Pwllheli motor life-boat Ministre...
Two ILBs search A SMALL INFLATABLE DINGHY in which it was thought there were two boys and which appeared to be in difficulty 600 yards off Southerness Light was reported to Silloth ILB station by Ramsey Coastguard at 1819 on Wednesday May 2;...
Above: 10 May 1927. - View image in PDF
An underground repair worker wears his London Life-boat Day badge with pride photo: London News Agency photos Ltd. - View image in PDF
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From the Royal Bank of Scotland's Credit Card Centre, Ray March, Ray Essen, Gerry Furner, John Brown and Sandy Matthew present the cheque to the RNLI's Tom Cocking (second left), Peter Holness (third left) and Barbara Trousdell... - View image in PDF
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