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Lady Haig

Date: Autumn 1950

Volume: 33

Issue: 356

Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.45 on the evening of the 12th of September, 1950, flares were seen off Broadstairs Knoll.

At 7.50 the life-boat Prudential was launched in a moderate sea with a moderate west-south-west breeze blow- ing...

Myrtle

Date: June 1936

Volume: 30

Issue: 326

St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—The motor life-boat Helen Smitton was launched at 11 A.M. on the 21st February, as the local fishing boat Myrtle was seen to be in difficulties in heavy seas off St. Abbs Head. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing. The...

Cullercoats News

Date: June 1969

Volume: 41

Issue: 428

Although the Cullercoats, Northumberland, life-boat station has been closed, support for the life-boat service is as strong as ever it was. All local fund-raising events are to go on as usual, those for the rest of the year being a coffee...

Category: Articles

Fishing Boats

Date: March 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 399

Whitby, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 17th October, 1961, the local fishing fleet were at sea when a north- north-westerly gale sprang up. The life- boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 11.45 in a very rough sea two hoursafter high...

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Date: December 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 410

CHILD WAS SICK At 3.45 p.m. on 6th September, 1964, the local doctor received a request from Inishmaan Island to attend to a sick child. There was a slight sea with a gentle north-westerly breeze. It was high water. At 4.30 the life-boat...

William and Martha

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

PROVIDED ESCORT At 7.35 a.m. on I2th March, 1966, the coxswain saw a local coble, William and Martha, at sea in deteriorating weather.

The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth launched at 7.45 in a strong to gale force wind from the...

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Date: March 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 419

At 1.30 p.m. on loth October, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he needed to go to Inishmaan and the Inishere islands to attend patients. At 2.30, when the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings, it was...

Raymond Baxter Chairman of the Rnli Public Relations

Date: Winter 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 475

Raymond Baxter, chairman of the RNLI Public Relations Committee, flanked by (I.) Mrs B. Robertson, chairman of the Walton and Frinton ladies' guild and (r.) Mrs Wilberforce, president, when he was chief guest and speaker at a dinner... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Posing for the Camera Are the 45 New Members of Storm Force

Date: Spring 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 500

Posing for the camera are the 45 new members of Storm Force, all pupils at St Patrick's Primary School, Troon, Scotland. They are pictured with the coxswain of the local lifeboat, Ian Johnson (back row, left), the second coxswain Tom... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Kayaking for Cash

Date: Autumn 1999

Volume: 57

Issue: 550

Kayaking for cash A group of kayaking instructors arrived at Poole in September to present the local lifeboat crew with money raised during a tough three-day expedition promoting safe sea kayaking.

The presention was an... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs