Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 7 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, the honorary secretary was asked by a local doctor if the life-boat could be used to convey an injured patient to South Uist for hospital treatment as no other suitable boat was...
A neglected caravan, found in a field and bought for £40, has been re-furbished by Fareham branch for fund raising with help in cash and kind from local firms. At Fareham Show, Mrs Wendy Nelson, RO (South), gives a toast to the success... - View image in PDF
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Denis Twomey, RNLI area organiser for the South West, and 74 students from Bristol University Air Squadron recently managed to pull a 65 tonne Hercules aircraft a mile along runway 24 at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.
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OCT. 26TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.
A whole N.E. by N. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea in Eyemouth Bay. Four local fishing boats were waiting to enter the port. The motor life-boat Frank and William Oates was...
DECEMBER 29TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At about 10 A.M. the local fishing coble Treasure was seen to be in trouble trying to get into harbour, and at 10.15 the motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched. A gale was...
Southend-on-Sea’s hovercraft crew had a busy day on 23 May.
Their first job, with the local Coastguard team, was to search an area of low water for an unexploded mine. They found it, marked it with a buoy and informed a...
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MARCH 10TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
At 5.5 P.M. the coastguard reported that the local motor fishing boat, Annie Cargill, was in difficulties and drifting rapidly towards the rocks half a mile east of Arbroath harbour.
‘You bet!’ That’s what a group of local lads said when challenged to undertake a gruelling bike ride from Arbroath to Dobbies at Ethiebeaton Park – and back – late last summer. Their combined pedal-power raised a whopping £563, which...
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FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY.—A telegram having been received from Tenby on the morning of the 30th March intimating that a vessel was showing signals of distress, the Life-boat City of Manchester was launched at 8.35 and proceeded to the...
At 9.20 A.M. the same day the Life- boat was again launched to a vessel in •distress off the Head, the wind having changed to N.N.W. and increased to a strong gale. In her first attempt to get out of harbour the Life-boat was un- successful...