Pool in the pool! Competitors cued up in sub aqua equipment to take the plunge after two full-size tables were lowered into Crosby swimming pool. Spectators watched through special viewing holes below the waterline and many joined in the fun... - View image in PDF
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The site of the rescue, the causeway leading to Fort Clonque. - View image in PDF
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SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT CAMPBELTOWN JANUARY 1 9TH. - CAMPBLE- TOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWN-SHIRE. At seven minutes to eight in the morning a message came from the coastguard at Southend that a ship was ashore in front of the...
The medallists aboard the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat displayed on The Embankment (I. to r.): Helmsman John Hodder, Lyme Regis; Coxswain 'Harry' Jones, Hoylake; Coxswain Trevor England, Padstow; Coxswain Kenneth Voice,... - View image in PDF
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A Supporter of the Future (Left) Casts His Eye Over A Model In The Poole Hq Museum. - View image in PDF
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In boisterous weather on the 18th February it was reported that a large steamer was close in shore, and was in imminent danger of stranding. Without delay the Life-boat Jones-Gibb was launched, and proceeded to the vessel. She proved to be...
In the first thirty-three months of war life-boats have rescued 4754 lives. They have rescued more lives in these thirty-three months of war than in the last thirteen years of peace..
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THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Alexander Nelson of Donaghadee. He has been a member of the Donaghadee life-boat crew since 1912. He was appointed bowman in 1929, second coxswain in 1949, and coxswain in 1954. During the period of a...
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BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT ST. DAVID'S APRIL 25TH - 26TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. At ten in theevening a message was received from the coastguard, that a tank landing craft was in distress one mile southsouth- east of St. Ann’s Head....
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