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Left: RNLI Senior Driver George Dadds
Left: RNLI senior driver George Dadds makes loading an Atlantic 21 look far too easy as he slips it on to the bed of his Mercedes. The truck is used mainly for long-haul work to Scotland and Ireland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Postscript : Extracts from An Article By Captain Basil Hall An Inspector of Lifeboats at the Turn of the Century
Following the publication in the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT of a description of the work of present-day divisional inspectors of lifeboats, here are some extracts from an article by the late Captain Basil Hall, RN, a one-time inspector of...
Category: Articles
News
Your guide to what's been going on in the world of the RNLI
2017 AT A GLANCE
32,116
people aided
3.32M
preventative
Category: Articles
The Lucky Dip By Joyce Dunford
EDINBURGH'S PERMANENT LIFEBOAT SHOP, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN 'IN BUSINESS' FOR TEN YEARS by Joyce Dunford MANY ARE THE WAYS of raising money for the RNLI, but one of the most unusual is the Edinburgh shop, rightly named 'The Lucky...
Category: Articles
List of Successes In the Essay Competition
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Category: Articles
People and Places
Drawing the crowds The RNLI's 67th national lottery draw took place at the Institution's Poole headquarters on Monday 31 October 1994 when Miss Millvina Dean, aged 82 and the youngest survivor of the Titanic tragedy, drew the winning...
Category: Articles
In Retirement Services
Are you a homeowner over 70? poor: s If you are a homeowner aged over 70 (both over 70 if a couple) you may be able to release some of the money locked in your home to do the things you want.
* A tax-free cash lump sum to...
Category: Advertisement
Henrietta
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT TORBAY DEC. 16TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON. In the early afternoon the schooner Henrietta, of Truro, with a crew of seven men, was carried by the strong spring tides and a gale from the east-north-east to the...
Books
The Story of the Weston-Super- Mare Lifeboats The Story of the Eastbourne Lifeboats Written and published by Jeff Morris Two more in the series of detailed 'station history' booklets written and produced by Jeff Morris - with Dave...
Category: Articles
Wing
Rescue a dramatic struggle becomesCold, tired and wet, the lone skipper of the yacht Wing had been without sleep for nearly two days when his yacht ran aground on the Long Sands, south of Skegness, on the morning of 5 May 2002. As rough seas...