DECEMBER 10TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET, AND BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.
About ten at night the coastguard reported to the Swanage life-boat station that a steamer was ashore off Egmont Point, west of St. Albans Head. The motor life...
THE fishwives of Cullercoats carried out their tenth consecutive collection on behalf of the Institution on 1st August, when the Cullercoats and Whitley Bay Life-boat held its quarterly road exercise and launch. By collecting this year over...
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The first Life-boat service rendered this year was that per- formed on the morning of the 1st January last, by the Life-boat Fair Maid of Perth, placed on this station a few months pre- viously ; and it was also the first occasion the boat...
THE Life-boat goes o'er the stormy sea, for a ship is in distress; The gun booms out on the water wild, and the brave men closer press; And John has gone with the other men away from our fireside warm, Out where the maddened breakers...
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Mrs Ivy Ball, vice president of the Wellington branch. She was founder member of the branch which formed in 1938 and secretary from 1951 to 1975. She was awarded the silver badge in 1958..
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In its 140th year of saving lives at sea, New Brighton lifeboat station saw a new arrival in October 2004. The inshore rescue hovercraft, to be named Hurley Spirit, will play a vital role in the RNLI's lifesaving operations on the...
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Winning fundraising friendsHarmony in Exeter An excellent way for branches and guilds to raise money within their community is to ask groups, clubs, businesses and individuals to do a fundraising event for their branch or guild.
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INTERESTING CEREMONY AT THE MANSION HOUSE, DUBLIN.
A VERY interesting ceremony took place on the 6th March last at the Mansion House, Dublin, when the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of that city made (at the request of Miss...
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The ladies guild in the small market town of Driffield raised £3.046 in 1978, making a total of £9.497 in five years. A cheese and wine party at the Trout Inn is one popular annual event. (I. to r.) Mrs H. Byas. honorary treasurer.... - View image in PDF
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MOELFEE, ANGLESEA.—About 10 o'clock on the morning of the 2nd March, while a strong breeze was blowing from S.E. accompanied by a rough sea, signals of distress were shown by the schooner County of Cork, of Amlwch, bound from Liverpool...