The following letter and a cheque for 3Q dollars from Mr, Charles de Burgh Daly (Chuck Daly) was received by his aunt, Mrs. E. Stewart of Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, and forwarded to the Courtmacsherry life-boat branch: "The. White House,...
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Figureheads were a feature of this fishermen's hut (left) which once stood near the harbour mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. The figureheads shown below portray (left to right) William IV, the Sailor King1; a woman who once adorned the bow... - View image in PDF
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CRUISE DIRECT FROM THE UK – NO FLYING Spitzbergen, North Cape & the land of the midnight sun Lifeboats Every booking benefi ts the RNLI From £899 14 Days ? 3 & 16 June 2008 SAILING DIRECT FROM HARWICH ON BOARD THE MV VAN GOGH...
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A DONATION of £3 13s. has been received from the Campsbourne Road Girls' School, Hornsey, London, and many may like to know how the girls succeeded in collecting such a sum. First, two concerts were given by the Play Centre, and the...
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A new way of dealing with breakdowns! Local staff members of the Automobile Association and their wives took up the strain before setting out from Lisburn to Belfast on their sponsored lorry pull in aid of the RNLI. (Photo Belfast Telegraph)... - View image in PDF
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(Above) 'It's a bit big Mum!' The competition to dress up in lifeboatman's gear is always popular - even if the stores can't supply quite the right size.. - View image in PDF
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(top right) A complete Atlantic 'service' was staged each day. Starting with the launch, seen here, and taking in the spectacular net recovery in the DoDo (Drive on Drive off) trolley it finished with the turning and repositioning of... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 7TH. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The Filey motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 1.10 in the afternoon to stand by the local fishing cobles as a strong south-west wind was blowing and the sea was rough. When the...
Five intrepid members of the Lansdowne Indoor Climbing Club, (7 to r) Paul Ward, Mike Boyce, Ian Burgess, Steve Towill and Colin Ward, ready to set out from their base camp at the Lansdowne public house, Dawlish. These men crawled— literally... - View image in PDF
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