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Mr. John Taylor, aged 16, of Cullercoats, North Shields, whose father, Mr. R. J. Taylor, is a leading member of the Cullercoats ILB and was an officer for 12 years in the conventional life-boat previously stationed there, has been accepted...
Category: Articles
Three Medals for Fraserburgh.
In the early morning of 23rd. September the Fraserburgh lifeboat was called out. Only the day before the coxswain had been called to the Navy, and Captain Andrew Stephen, honorary secretary of the station took command.
A...
Category: Articles
Letters
Immediate thanks On Wednesday December 10, 1980, our diving boat Kermit, named after a famous frog, decided to roll over on her back in an attempt to swim like her namesake. She found, however, that although in this position floating was...
Category: Correspondence
Mrs Joyce Giddins Aged 62 of Eastbourne Standing By the Lifeboat Bearing the Name of a Surgeon Who Saved Her Life 40 Years Ago When She Was Seriously Ill She S U B S
Mrs. Joyce Giddins, aged 62, of Eastbourne, standing by the lifeboat bearing the name of a surgeon who saved her life 40 years ago when she was seriously ill. She s u b s e q u e n t l y raised £11,000 from jumble sales and competitions... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Carol Sandra
Fishing boats wrecked TWO GERMAN STUDENTS, walking on the cliffs near Breil Nook on Flamborough Head on the morning of Monday, May7, 1984, smelt diesel oil and, looking into the water, saw what appeared to be the overturned hull of a...
Survivors from Green Lily
Survivors from Green Lily are landed and taken to hospital. None were seriously injured.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Winchman Ernie Bennett Activates the Winch Which With a V-Shaped Bridle of Special Flexible Wire Hauls the Lifeboat Clear of the Water
Winchman Ernie Bennett activates the winch which, with a V-shaped bridle of special flexible wire, hauls the lifeboat clear of the water.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Agathe Scheibert, of Stettin
Ten days afterwards the Lcetitia life- boat went out in tow of the steam-tug Rainbow, and succeeded in rescuing the master and crew of the schooner Agathe Scheibert, of Stettin, which was wrecked on the Holm Sand during a strong N.E....
All a Board
Mr Richard Iddon, chairman of the Southport Boardsai I ing Association, is pictured preparing to take a turn on the Marine Lake, wearing borrowed lifeboatman's gear, during the British Windsurfing marathon 12-hour race held last... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Harriet Masser from Windsor
Not wanting to see a bumper crop of apples from the garden go to waste, Harriet Masser from Windsor made herself a poster, washed all the apples and placed them in a basket on her doorstep, asking passers-by to put donations for the RNLI... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs