"NOW I CAN HEAR WELL I'VE A HAPPY HUSBAND" "I'm not what you'd call deaf' says Daphne Scott of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, "but I am hard of hearing. It's made life difficult for years. As I got...
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MAY 5TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
At about midnight on the 4th May information was received from the Padstow coastguard that a convoy had been attacked from the air about ten miles N. by W. of Stepper Point, and that one of...
Slip sparks searchA summer holiday in Cornwall turned int by Fox Cove, near Newquay, on 9 August 2( unconscious into the water when a couple from Essex. They were walking le man slipped on rocks and was knockedInstinctively, the woman jumped...
Margate, Kent - At 2.9 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, a small boat with two men aboard was seen drifting off Foreness Point with her outboard motor broken down. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 2...
Launches on service from 1st July to 3ist August, 1965, which resulted in the rescue of people in difficulties are described in chronological order below.
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 5.25 p.m. on 2nd July, 1965, a small...
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NORTHUMBERLAND. — Oh the morning of the 17th November; while a large number of fishing-boats were out, the wind rose, on the turn of the tide, to a strong gale from S.E. The sea was also very rough. The cobles that were nearest the shore...
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Boy rescued TWO PEOPLE IN THE SEA at Rocky Valley, Bossiney, near Tintagel, 6.7 miles from Port Isaac, were reported to the deputy launching authority of Port Isaac lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1326 on Monday August 14,...
There was an added treat for three lads who won prizes in n lifeboat model-making competition. They went to Weston Park, near Newport, Salop, lo receive their awards from Lord Bradford, president of the Newport brunch of the RNLI. The boys... - View image in PDF
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Plymouth, South Devon. At 7.30 p.m. on I2th August, 1965, the police at Plympton reported that a man at Wembury Point had seen a small yacht capsize off Gara Point. At 7.47 the life-boat Lloyds, on temporary duty at the station, proceeded in...