Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was apparentlyin trouble and was drifting towards Pendine. Someone on board was waving a shirt. The...
The Mayor of Ferndown (r.) encounters members of the local branch modelling teacosies on sale at their Christmas bazaar. The event raised £354 and included a tombola, beauty corner, stalls and a Father... - View image in PDF
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In May, 1970, when Mr. J. P. Morris, of Coventry, who is a keen member of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society, was visiting Minehead, Somerset, he found IRB No. 177 being launched on exercise. This IRB is fitted with inner tubes. Older... - View image in PDF
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Snow joke: pity this poor fund raiser; after a hard morning in March with his collecting box outside Rod White's fish shop in Cray don, during which time he collected a magnificent £27.10, he sadly disappeared into a premature, and... - View image in PDF
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Film crew shooting a scene during the making of the film Lifeline at Lymington, Hampshire, where the local inshore life-boat and the Yarmouth, l.o.W., life-boat assisted.. - View image in PDF
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SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Duncan was launched from this station at 6 A.M. on the 10th October last, and rescued 2 men from a perilous position on board the fishing smack Gleaner. A sudden storm had compelled a number of fishing...
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 18th day of March, 1858, Vice-Admiral the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, KG., F.R.S., in the Chair, The following Report of the...
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Plays the melody of "Cherished" (l/ a j/uHt a fju'li-s/iwi yij i-f ti learning 2 2 - ( . . i r . t i gold the raised-relief bo s that • isic lm I with an handles are lavishly accented with hand-applied bands of precious...
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The request for medical assistance from a German cargo ship led to a call for Margate's Mersey class lifeboat, Leonard Kent, on New Year's Eve 1 998 when one of the ship's crew had to be evacuated after badly breaking his leg...
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Pangbourne branch is affiliated to Weymouth lifeboat station, and a framed colour photograph of the 54' Arun Tony Vandervell, presented by Weymouth crew, was unveiled at the Swan Inn, Pangbourne, on December 8 by Chantal d'Orthez,... - View image in PDF
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