Brothers and stations unite When Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...
IN the review of Major Ernest Cooper's book Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast, which appeared in the last issue of The Life-boat, it was mentioned that the book could be bought from the Institution, price 3s. 6d. post...
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The Story of the Barmouth Lifeboats by Jeff Morris A recent addition to the series of comprehensive booklets from the prolific Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society, this time chronicling the history of Barmouth's...
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WITH the present boom in the yachting and boating industry rising steadily each year, as more and more people seek and enjoy pleasurable pastimes afloat, there is also a growing anxiety from the marine rescue associations generally about the...
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The children of High Bank Nursery School, Swinton, Manchester, and their parents raised £293.50 for the RNLI in memory of their late head teacher, Miss Constance M.
Hardman; while the children pile into their... - View image in PDF
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COVER PICTURE Si Abbs' new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat Kathrinc and Dorothy Burr, pictured recently on exercise, will be named Idler this year. She has a/ready attracted considerable public interest as lite principal attraction... - View image in PDF
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SEPTEMBER 6TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A red flare had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £9 1s..
SEPTEMBER 18TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY.
Flares had been reported off Loop Head, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £13 16s..