Barra Island Arun class Ann Lewis Fraser Barra Island lies at the southern tip of the Western Isles, and the community of Castle Bay is the home of the lifeboat and also the terminal for the ferry which, with the daily air flight, is the...
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For a sensational cruise close to home, join us to discover the best of the British Isles in Bloom, with the chance to visit a delightful array of Castles and Gardens at the time of year when they are at their Springtime...
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A competition open to secondary schoolboys and schoolgirls under the age of sixteen for an essay on the subject of the Life-boat Service was held again last year.
The subject set was: "Why does our country need a...
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Contents Volume XLIX Number 493 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: REAR ADMIRAL W J GRAHAM CB MNI Editor: EDWARD WAKE-WALKER Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ...
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Twenty rescued CAPE COAST, a 2,650 ton Panamanian cargo vessel, broadcast on Channel 16 VHP at 0327 on Wednesday January 10 that she was in distress and taking water in her engine room; she was 2.2 miles from Nab Tower on a bearing of...
AYR,N.B.—The brigantine Maggie Wood, of Belfast, bound from that port to Ayr in ballast, stranded on the Barton Rocks, about a mile and a half south of Ayr Harbour, during a gale of wind from the W.N.W. and a heavy sea on the evening of the...
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ON Sunday, 9th November, 1969, the Eastney IRB was called out five times.
For their efforts that day Dr. Ian McLachlan, Mr. Peter Banister and Mr Brian Needle have all been accorded the thanks of the R.N.L.I, inscribed on...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston ladies' guild held an 'After Dinner at Eight' wine and savouries evening in June at the home of Mrs Margaret Adams (I.) at Herring fleet, St Olaves, to celebrate the presentation of a fund-raising... - View image in PDF
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Century Life-Boat Day: The Coxswains of Walton-On-The-Naze and Ramsgate Collecting In Trafalgar Square. - View image in PDF
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Two new one act plays on the subject of the Life-boat Service have recently been written. Both are available to branches for local performances, and in each case the author is willing to forgo any royalties when branches produce the play in...
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