On 19 May 2011, the RNLI’s Annual General Meeting heard about the charity’s key activities from 2010, and the Annual Presentation of Awards recognised the outstanding achievements of lifesavers, fundraisers and...
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'Ned', the barge horse, and Mr. E. Wrangles, who was sponsored by 140 people for £137, were two of the participants in the Hertford walk in aid of the R.N.L.I, along the towpath of the River Lee from Hertford to Dobbs Weir last... - View image in PDF
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AT 4.40 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1954, the honorary secretary of the Newhaven (Sussex) lifeboat station, Mr. R. K. Sayer, was told by the coastguard that the Danish auxiliary schooner Vega was making water and might need...
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Getting on for 30 boats took part in Brighton trawler race which, organised by the Trawlermen's Association on July 24, raised £1,000 for the local RNLI branch. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Daily Telegraph. - View image in PDF
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High and dry Tobermory's Elizabeth Fairtie Ramsey launched three times between 620am and 5pm on 10 March 2006 to a 16m fishing vessel run aground and listing heavily off Calve Island in Strathclyde (see above).
When the...
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SPEAKING AT the annual general meeting of the RNLI last April, Major-General Ralph Farrant, Chairman of the Committee of Management, made it quite clear that, whatever economies might be necessary in these days of inflation, the first...
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(Below) There's many a slip on the way to the horse's head! Just one of the games, some old, some new, thought up by Happisburgh branch to test the skills of those attending its fete in May. At the end of the day £218.16 had... - View image in PDF
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FOR their part in the rescue of three people from a burning motor boat off Bournemouth, Police Sergeant Douglas H. Carter, aged 43, and Police Constable Arthur E. Farley, aged 46, have received the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum....
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THE thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to Motor Mechanic P. N. Thomson and Crewman J. Anderson of the Whitby IRB who saved three people and a dog from a capsized cabin speedboat.
It was at 1845...
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THE LIFEGUARDS Thanks on Vellum Lifeguard Mirk John ion lor his 'courage, determination in heavy surf conditions ar d professional efficiency ' Chiel Executive's LeTter of Thanks Lifeguard Alan Wheeler for tus 'courage,...
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