Anniversary Morning Market Harborough ladies' guild celebrated its 21st anniversary year by holding a birthday coffee morning at the home of Mrs Roland Orton, president and founder of the guild.
The party was to thank...
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An open day which raised £1,600 at Short ham's Lady Bee Marina attracted crowds of people who enjoyed boat trips, a lifeboat demonstration, a fashion show, a fencing display and not least Liz Naldrett's tantalising shellfish.<... - View image in PDF
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LIMITED EDITION SIGNED PRINTS COMMEMORATING A GREAT BRITISH TRADITION H.M.S. ARK ROYAL AND MORNING CLOUD ery few limited edition prints have received as much praise aroused such interest as these splendid examples of man's endurance...
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Above: BSI presentation, 11 May 1998 Heft to right)-Stuart Welford, RNLI research and development manager, Kevin Wood, BSI product services manager. Tony Wood*. BSI technical support specialist. Martin Maclfod second coxswain Barra Island,... - View image in PDF
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Launches 40 Lives rescued 24
JULY 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground on South Scroby Sands, and a few minutes later another message came that a...
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ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):May5, JunSJul 12,Aug3,11,17 D-536:May 5,Jun 3,13,19,24, Jul 3,10,11,13,Aug 3,6 ABERDOVEY B-758:May 22,Jun 19, Jul 16(x3),18(x2),24,27,31 B-767:Aug 9,15,16,17,20(x2) ABERSOCH B-79&May 28,Jun 3,4,24, Jul 10,15,24,27...
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Four launches OVER THE WEEKEND of September 16 and 17 Filey lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle, launched on service three times and the station D class ILB once within the space of 26 hours.
The first...
For modern boats there is a choice. Wood, glass reinforced plastic, steel and aluminium are all very good, well tried materials. The first three have all been used for RNLI lifeboat hulls while aluminium is used for superstructures. All have...
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Jan. 7.—Voted 61. to six men, for saving the crew, consisting of eight men, of the brigantine Pathfinder, of Digby, N.S., who had taken refuge on Tor Rock, about a mile N.W. of Innia- trahull Light, off the coast of Donegal, their vessel...
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THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING LIFEBOATS
26 January–22 April
Poole Museum, Dorset
Calm Before the Storm: The Art of Photographing Lifeboats celebrates the past and present of the RNLI. Glass plate images of...
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