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Life-Boat Oars
LIFE-BOAT OARS.
As a life-boat has, in the majority of eases, to be propelled by oars, and as, in order to rescue a shipwrecked crew, she has generally to be rowed to windward against a heavy sea and strong wind, it...
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Lifeboat Services
West Division Carried off shore LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Fleetwood lifeboat station at 1749 on Friday March 23, 1984, that a board sailor was in trouble a short distance from the shore opposite Rossall Hospital...
Category: Services
Members of the Slough Branch of the RNLI Looking at Slough Parks Department's Floral Tribute on the 50th Anniversary of Organised Collections for the Life-Boat Service In
Members of the Slough branch of the R.N.L.I, looking at Slough parks department's floral tribute on the 50th anniversary of organised collections for the life-boat service in Slough. In the photograph are (left to right) Mr. R. N. Parks,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Village Maid
RED FLARES FIRED At 3.20 p.m. on ist December, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Village Maid was firing red flares between Whiten Head and Locherribol. There was a fresh southerly breeze with...
Books
Books First of the flood By Fred Normandale Published by Bottom End Publishing ISBN 0954368606 Price £11.75 paperback Now Lifeboat Operations Manager at Scarborough, Fred Normandale grew up as part of the fishing community in the...
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On His Retirement After 30 Years Service As Honorary Treasurer First at Exeter and Then Exmouth Leslie Aplin Was Presented With a Clock from Exmouth Branch By Hono
On his retirement after 30 years service as honorary treasurer, first at Exeter and then Exmouth, Leslie Aplin was presented with a clock from Exmouth branch by honorary secretary Len Smith (I.) and an inscribed shield by John Atterton (r.),... - View image in PDF
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Evening: at Midland Bank's Shoreline Tenth Anniversary Party Presentations Were Made to Sir Alec and Lady Rose By Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston Chairman of T
Evening: At Midland Bank's Shoreline tenth anniversary party, presentations were made to Sir Alec and Lady Rose by Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston. chairman of the Fund Raising Committee (I.), watched by Peter Holness and (r.) Dennis R.... - View image in PDF
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Visiting the RNLI/YLA Stand at the Southampton Boat Show Sir Alec Rose Founder-Member of the Association Autographs a Copy of His Book Lively Lady Which He
Visiting the R.N.L.I./Y.L.A. stand at the Southampton Boat Show, Sir Alec Rose, founder-member of the Association, autographs a copy of his book Lively Lady which he presented to Mr. Alasdair Garrett, secretary of the Association, for... - View image in PDF
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Epomeo
EIGHT ABOARD YACHT Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 12.15 p.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor yacht Epomeo had engine trouble and would probably need help. At 12.30 the coastguard confirmed this,...
Swordfish
Angle, Pembrokeshire - At 5.35 p.m. on ist October, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran was almost on the rocks at Deadman's Cove. The life-boat White Star, on temporary duty at the station, was launched...