IN November 1908 and in February this year an account was given in the Life-boat Journal of the steps taken to select a new Life-boat, and also some Notes of the way she is built. It may now be of interest to the coxswains and crews who man...
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The Story of the Filey Lifeboats The Story of the Buckie Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author, prices and availability in text Two more new editions of Jeff Morris's authoritative lifeboat station histories, each brought...
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NEW BRIGHTON.—The tubular Life- boat on this station having become unfit for further service has, in accordance with the wishes of the crew, been replaced by a non-self-righting sailing Life-boat of the Watson type, 43 ft. long and 12 ft. 6...
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ENGLISHMEN do not, as a rule, realise the perishable and perishing nature of the land on which they live. Although more than fifty years have now elapsed since Sir Charles Lyell collected and emphasised the evidences which showed that the...
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For a change, the endurance of Second Coxswain Peter Leith of Lerwick is being tested other than by hours spent at sea in bad conditions.
Here he is seen on the station's open day during an eight-hour non-stop sponsored... - View image in PDF
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You could hardly find a more hostile environment for a building, surrounded by water and exposed to the full force of whatever the North Sea can throw at it. The old station and slipway at the pier end here at Cromer is beyond repair and its... - View image in PDF
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Desmond Carrington (right) digs deep in the drum for the winning ticket in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery draw. With him are Anthony Oliver (centre) deputy head of fund raising and marketing and Peter Holness, corporate fund raising... - View image in PDF
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Cliff Rescue PEEL, ISLE OF MAN, honorary secretary was alerted at 2130 on Tuesday, June 3, by the Coastguard. A man was trapped on the cliff face 1J miles south east of Peel. He had slipped while on a bird watching expedition and slithered...
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