RNLI supporter and competitive sailor Sir Ben Ainslie (left) takes to the water at Portsmouth this month with his British Challenger, Land Rover BAR, as part of his mission to win the 2017 America’s Cup with his Great Britain crew. And...
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Having been given a monster potato by a customer, the landlord of The Sir Douglas Haig, Effingham, Rod Davis, and his wife, Jean, held a competition to guess how many bags of crisps could be made from it. At lOp a guess, £23.60 was soon... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI has signed a new deal with the ChinaRescue and Salvage Bureau (CRS).
The deal builds on the agreement that has been in place between the two organisations for the past 5 years, which saw 20 ex-RNLI lifeboats make...
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A message was received by the honorary secretary of Bembridge lifeboat station on Saturday, July 30, to say that an engine fire, now extinguished, had caused complete steering loss on a 48' ketch on passage from Poole to Le Havre. A... - View image in PDF
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On the 9th February the schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston, laden with coals, was driven ashore north of the harbour of Skerries, in a heavy easterly gale. The Skerries life-boat imme- tliately proceeded to her aid, and took off her crew,...
ARKLOW, IRELAND.—At 8.30 P.M. on the 19th March, the weather being fine and clear, and the wind moderate, the ship County of Ayr, of Glasgow, bound from Glasgow to Batavia, stranded on the Jack>s Hole- a Part of the Arklow Banks. whlch...
The band strikes up at the Rhyl naming ceremony. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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LEAVING the main line at Twyford on the ; Great Western Railway, we proceed by a small local line to Henley, passing through Shiplake, a small station where the j Thames is crossed. This village is situ- ated at the foot of hilly slopes, on...
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SEPTEMBER 16TH. - FLEETWOOD LANCASHIRE. At 9 P.M. the naval authorities asked that the life-boat should go out to stand by the Dutch trawler Knikker - working from Fleetwood - which had on board survivors of the S.S. City of Bengal.