Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 4th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat with three men on board was stranded on a sandbank a mile and three quarters south-west of...
A winter sponsored raft race on the River Dee organised by the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club raised £380 for Aberdeen's new Arun lifeboat BP Forties. The 27 starters were sent on their way by Coxswain Albert Bird, who... - View image in PDF
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WE ARE DELIGHTED to be able to publish below a photograph of the lifeboatmen of Blyth, the port at which the 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat RNLB Shoreline is stationed; and on page 81 is reported a fine service in which both Shoreline and...
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4: She Is Kept On Even Keel With Balancing Poles Which Support Her While She Is Hauled On To. - View image in PDF
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Selsey: Coxswain Michael J. Grant (r.), awarded the silver medal for the service to the Panamanian cargo vessel Cape Coast on January 10 and the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the service to the fishing vessel New Venture... - View image in PDF
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Oldham, the second of Hoylake's four Liverpool lifeboats which spanned the years 1906 to 1974; the first was a pulling and sailing boat, the last three motor. Oldham, presented by the town of Oldham, was on station from 1931 to 1952; she... - View image in PDF
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Mr Coates stops for a well-earned rest and a bite to eat on his 55-mile walk along the Nidderdale Way.. - View image in PDF
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Tim Batstone passes Land's End on his record-breaking 1,777 mile journey round Britain. - View image in PDF
Longships Lighthouse is in the background. The circumnavigation took him 70 days in all.. - View image in PDF
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THE KNOLL ROUSE A CIVILISED AND RELAXING HOUOAV FOR ALL AGES GOLF, TEWNS, OUTDOOR POOL, HEALTH SM WTTH PLUNGE POOL SECLUDED GARDENS LEAD TO THREE MILES OF GOLDEN BEACH. GROUNDS OF 100 ACRES IN MAGNIFICENT COUNTRYSIDE CONNECTING ROOMS FOR...
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At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 18th day of March, 1893, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., in the Chair, the...
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