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SINCE 1931 LIFE-BOATS HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR THE RNLI BY GROVES AND GUTTRIDGE EAST COWES ISLE OF WIGHT Tel: Cowes 2561.
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Treasure Sale
Treasure Sale Silver coins and other treasure salvaged from the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia, which sank in 1743, were sold by auction at Penzance on 8th September. Mr. Michael Newman, acting on behalf of Rex Cowan, the leader of the...
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Left: Alan Tate
Left: Alan Tate, superintendent of the Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes. - View image in PDF
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Miss Clare Francis Mbe Guest Speaker at the Presentation of Awards Meeting Ended Her Speech By Making a Surprise Presentation of Her Own on Behalf of the Who
Miss Clare Francis, MBE, guest speaker at the presentation of awards meeting, ended her speech by making a surprise presentation of her own. On behalf of the whole crew of ADC Accutrac, the yacht which she skippered in the Whitbread... - View image in PDF
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The Plymouth Life-Boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse Leaving Millbay Docks to go to the Assistance of the Crabber, Sunlit Waters, Broken Down off Penlee on 16th February, 1967
The Plymouth life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse leaving Millbay Docks to go to the assistance of the crabber, Sunlit Waters, broken down off Penlee on 16th February, 1967. A force seven wind was blowing at the time.. - View image in PDF
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Maldon and District Branch Made a Collection Down the River Blackwater on Its Flag Day Last July D H Purnews Gaff Cutter Tamarisk Backed Up By Maldon Little Ship Club
Maldon and District branch made a collection down the River Blackwater on its flag day last July. D. H.PurneWs gaff cutter Tamarisk, backed up by Maldon Little Ship Club guard boat, motored down as far as St Lawrence Bay approaching all... - View image in PDF
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A Rowing Boat
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 9 a.m. on 28th September, 1969, the coastguard reported that a rowing boat was in difficulties off the Links road. At 9.10 the life-boat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings in a fresh south westerly wind with...
Visitors from America; Mr and Mrs Charles S Morgan from Massachusetts Are Welcomed to Barmouth By Coxswain George Jeffs With Them (I- to R) Are Motor Mechanic Dewi Davies Mr I M Jo
Visitors from America; Mr and Mrs Charles S. Morgan from Massachusetts are welcomed to Barmouth by Coxswain George Jeffs.
With them (I- to r.) are Motor Mechanic Dewi Davies, Mr I. M. Jones, station honorary secretary, and... - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Christmas Card and Calendar
THIS year there will again be a Christmas card and pocket calendar for sale.
The card is of eight pages with the Institution's crest embossed on the outside. Inside are Christmas greetings and the above picture of a...
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The Mumbles Lifeboat
A cheque, large in both size and amount, was handed over to the Duke of Atholl (centre), Chairman of the RNLI. The cheque, for £173,245.86 was for the total amount raised by The Mumbles lifeboat appeal. Seen with His Grace are (I to r)... - View image in PDF
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