The RNLI Flood Rescue team, which responds to flooding emergencies at home and abroad, has teamed up with tyre manufacturer Goodyear – and supporters can benefit too.
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DEC. 18TH. - CROMER, SHERINGHAM, AND WELLS, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but she could not be found. - Rewards : Cromer, £39 13s. 6d. ; Sheringham, £37 14s. Wells, £30 9s. 6d..
MARCH 30TH. - HOYLAKE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Hoylake, £9 7s. ; New Brighton, £19 1s..
MRS. EDITH MANBY, of Codsall, Staffordshire, completed, on New Year's Day 1936, a work which she began in April, 1935, of knitting woollen scarf-helmets for the life-boat crews round our coasts. Mrs. Manby had the help of 491 knitters...
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Read the heroic story behind every gallantry medal...
LIFEBOAT GALLANTRY There are stories of hours spent at sea to effect rescues in raging storms and tempestuous seas, incredible feats of endurance of men in rowing and...
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Yacht aground THE POLICE informed Barrow coxswain, Robert Charnley, at 2300 on August 24, 1974, that an independent source had reported the sighting of a red flare north of Walney Island. They were advising HM Coastguard, who would be...
RNLI Videos Lifeboats 24/7 £8.00* The story of the RNLI with rescue reconstructions Launch £6.00* For older children and adults Building Support for lifeboats £8.00* ff" uminoar chilHron Constructing the lifeboat shore...
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TAKING A DOCTOR TO A LIGHT-VESSEL Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.—On January 21st, 1947, while the Western Light-vessel was being towed to another position, the wire tow-rope parted, one of the light-vessel's crew was seriously injured, and...
CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—The Coastguard ' watchman haying reported a steamer on the North Rock on the 7th April, 1897, the Life-boat Faith was launched at 5.30 A.M., and prooeeding to the vessel found her to be the s.s. Rannoch, of and from...
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Run for his money Clive Morris, Port Talbot crew member pictured wearing an RNLI tee-shirt, ran from the RNLI regional office in Cardiff to the lifeboat station at Port Talbot raising £1,250. He was waved off by office staff Vicky,... - View image in PDF
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