" Imagine that You are the Coxswain of a Life-boat. A Vessel is sending up Rockets of Distress. Describe the Rescue by Your Life-boat." THE essay competition in 1937, in which the writers were asked to imagine that they had...
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The Imperial War Museum at Duxford near Cambridge, a former Battle of Britain Air Station which now houses an impressive collection of military aircraft and vehicles, may not seem the most obvious place to find a... - View image in PDF
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Rallying round Neil Parullo and Nairn Brown entered a 72-hour classic car rally from Land's End to John O'Groats and raised a total of £5,100 for Strathmore branch - making them the clear winners of the shield awarded to the car...
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THE NAMES of famous lifeboatmen tend to stick to places along the coast. So, too, do the names of voluntary workers who over many years have left their mark on communities in the name of the lifeboat service. One of these is Mrs Kathleen...
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THE RIGHT HON. LORD BRASSEY, K.C.B., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Eight Hon. LOBD BRASSEY, ILC.B.
Seconded by the Eight Hon.
LORD CLAUD J. HAMILTON.
1. That ...
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Launches 23 Lives rescued 8 JUNE 4TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN. At 6.30 in the evening a yacht was seen endeavouring to make Howth, and the keeper of the Baily Lighthouse was asked to keep a watch on her. About nine o’clock he telephoned that the...
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His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., PRESIDENT or THE INSTITUTION, IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by His Grace THE PRE- SIDENT.
Seconded by Sir EDWARD BIRK- BECK, Bart., M.P., JVP.
That...
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The National Lifeboat Museum at Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, is being opened at weekends this summer with a temporary exhibition occupying a quarter of the available area.
Among the exhibits are a Weyburn engine,... - View image in PDF
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(Honorary Secretary, Cullercoats) EVERYWHERE in north-east England, and far beyond, "Bella, the Life-boat Lady "is known. Mrs. Bella Mattison is the nationally known character who epitomises the wives of fishermen everywhere, and...
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A WINTER EVENING. Cloud building up.
The south-west wind coming in over the Bristol Channel, moderate to fresh, rising . . .
'All lifeboats—Barry Coastguard— this is Barry Dock number one lifeboat —/...
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