APRIL 29TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
At 3.15 P.M. the coastguard reported distress signals from a fishing boat which was rapidly drifting out to sea before a strong E.S.E. wind. The sea was choppy. The motor life-boat Richard...
Thurso.
Shortly before 10 P.M. on 18th March the news reached Thurso that a schooner, the Pet, of Chester, had gone ashore on the rocky headland of Brims Ness, five miles away. The night was foggy and very dark, with a...
(Right) The Benevolents, a group of men from Easingwold, Yorkshire, have raised funds for the RNLI since 1970. Last November a cheque for £301.40, proceeds of a sponsored walk, and a donation of £50 towards amenities for Humber... - View image in PDF
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Tesco Stores Ltd, the biggest supermarket chain in the British Isles, has kindly agreed to collect foreign coins for the RNLI in their stores from July to September. It is estimated that there are millions of pounds worth of foreign coins,...
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The RNLI appeal print, illustrated above, measures 29 " X 25J" overall with an image size of 22 " x /Sf" and is printed in a limitededtion of 850 at £48 each, individually signed by Mark Myers and stamped by the Fine... - View image in PDF
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serving of record and worthy of imitation, has been recently made known to the public through the newspapers of the day :— At a meeting of the weekly board of the Gene- ral Hospital at Nottingham, on the 19th May,...
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Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 11.15 on the night of the 22nd of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor boat Girl Pat was overdue on passage from Newport, Pembrokeshire, to Tresaeth near Aber- porth. The...
A lifeboat queen . ..: 16-year-old Jane Wilson was crowned by Ronnie Hilton at Flamborough ladies' guild gala in July. With her are three of her attendants, Pat Wilkinson and Bridget and Andrea Waud; the fourth attendant, Stephanie... - View image in PDF
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Dungeness, Kent. At 2.5 on the morning of the 18th of June, 1958, the Lade coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man had been lost overboard from the tanker Pan Gothia of Kungsbacka, Sweden, seven and a half miles south-west...
AFFINITY WITH 5?5£ The R°yal Bank 7l of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you make...
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