... and (left) after the Duchess had named Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II, she and the Duke are welcomed aboard by Coxswain John Dare and his crew.. - View image in PDF
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How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1937.
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67 4 0 m mi—mmm — mmm- —i —*—— — Construction, Repairs, Upkeep and Inspection of Life-...
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HISTORIC WORLD PREMIER! THE BLACK LAB COLLECTOR'S EDITION PENKNIFE CILIJ| size of penknife is approximately 6 '/." 11 7.1 cm) IIJTII;. when H|UTI«|.
The first penknife ever created by award-winning animal...
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ROBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE. — While a moderate gale was blowing from the E. accompanied by a rough sea, thick weather and rain, on the 2nd January, the s.s. Knud, of Copenhagen, bound from Ghent for Middlesbrough, in ballast, stranded...
A winning ticket is drawn by Mary Tamm, of 'Dr Who' fame.. - View image in PDF
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Newbiggin, Northumberland. — Early on the morning of the 7th April the coastguard reported that five local fishing cobles were out, and that it would be very dangerous for them to make harbour. The sea was very rough, and a very strong,...
SALVAGE PAYMENTS TO LIFEBOATS' CREWS.
As it often happens that the life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION are the means of saving vessels and their cargoes from destruction, or of materially contributing...
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A WORKOUT on an assault course was one of the services offered in an Auction of Promises organised by Bangor branch. Others included advice on gardening, French language lessons and even flying lessons.
The event realised...
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AT half past nine on the evening of Saturday the 18th May, 1963, the Wells coastguard told the honorary secretary, Dr. E. W. Hicks, that a cabin cruiser was aground at the entrance to Blake- ney harbour.
The life-boat Cecil...
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VOICes ‘The lifeboat volunteers make me proud to be British.’ Murray Walker The voice of Formula One tells Rory Stamp of his admiration for the RNLI’s crews ‘I’ve always had immeasurable respect for them,’ says Murray Walker as he watches...
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