A group of 8- to 13-year-old children living in the Llandegai area of North Wales planned and ran a mini-fete in Dr and Mrs Tideman s garden last September, raising £52 for the lifeboat service. In the photograph are Heather, Susy and... - View image in PDF
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The schooner Julia, of and for Lowestoft, from Hartlepool, with a cargo of coal, and having a crew of four men, was seen to take the ground on the North part of the Barber Sand, at about 4.30 M. on the 25th of February, during N.E. by E....
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.50 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Galloper lightvessel that the yacht Julia, bound from Rotterdam to Harwich, was alongside...
In answer to a telegram stating that a barge was in distress seven miles E. of Wakering Haven, the No. 2 Life-boat Theodore and Herbert was launched at 3 P.M.
on the 17th December, during a strong...
FISHING VESSEL SAVED Rhyl, Flintshire. At 11.20 a.m. on i6th April, 1965, the coxswain observed two flares fired from the motor fishing vessel Sultan in a position two miles east by north of Rhyl. He immediately informed the coastguard and...
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 12.30 P.M. on Sunday, the 26th February, 1939, the coastguard reported that a small boat was in distress about half a mile southeast of Newhaven. A light W.S.W.
wind was blowing and the sea was choppy....
At 6.22 p.m. on 2yth August, 1966, a report was received that a vessel off the Happy Days Holiday Camp, Towyn, had fired a distress signal. At 6.36 the life-boat Lucy Lavers, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a east south...
TRAWLER ASHORE Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 6.53 a.m. on i8th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Spanish trawler Tulipan was ashore near Monach Isles in a moderate sea and strong south-westerly breeze. It...
At 1.50 p.m. on i8th November, 1966, it was reported that the trawler Judean had requested assistance in landing a sick man who needed hospital treatment. At 3.30 the coastguard advised the honorary secretary that the Judean was five miles...
(Below) To celebrate his 65th birthday and 50 years of lifeboat service, a special cake and presentations for Alfred Payne, Westonsuper- Mare's coxswain from 1948 to 1970.
Mr Payne had been second coxswain before that... - View image in PDF
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