A WAY of raising funds is to hold collections at sporting events, such as professional football matches, race meetings and dog track meetings, all of which attract large gates. Four London football clubs were helpful in 1970 and each allowed...
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SEPTEMBER 5TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 3.38 P.M. a Spitfire aeroplane was seen chasing a German aeroplane out to sea. The German came down several miles S. by W.
of the life-boat station. A S.W. breeze was...
SEPTEMBER 30TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
At 4.19 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane - probably German - was down in the sea to the S.W. of Selsey Bill. A N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea....
Where river meets sea, standing waves are an ominous threat to anyone in a small boat. With a 2m swell and spring
tide, conditions on 21 August at the mouth of the country’s second-fastest river overwhelmed an underpowered and...
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Thanks, but no thanks for Barry Dock! Barry Dock lifeboat crew were faced with an unusual situation on 12 September this year, when one of two survivors they had located refused the offer of a lift to safety on the lifeboat! Within 10...
AUGUST 31ST. - MARGATE, KENT. A German aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea, but a fishing boat rescued one of its crew, and of another airman who, he said, was also in the sea nothing was found but his parachute. - Rewards, £5...
AUGUST 7TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 5.20 in the morning the lifeboat watchman saw a large bombing aeroplane come down on fire near the gate vessel.The sea was ablaze with burning petrol. The coxswain rang up the Royal...
Over £241 was collected in a bottle at the Jersey Tavern in Weymouth. Commander Barney Morris, honorary secretary of Weymouth station, with Mr and Mrs John Woodrow, smashed open the bottle just before... - View image in PDF
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MARCH 10TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
A damaged aeroplane was expected to come down in the sea and the life-boat went out to stand by, but she was recalled by wireless as the aeroplane had landed elsewhere.- Rewards, £9 19s....
(Above) Criccieth, reopened in 1953: Dedication and first launch of the 35ft 6in Liverpool Richard Silver Oliver. - View image in PDF
A D class ILB has been stationed at Criccieth since 1967.. - View image in PDF
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