New Brighton, and Hoylake, Cheshire.— On the 23rd November, 1938, the New Brighton No. 1 motor life-boat rescued the crew of three of the fishing boat Progress, of Hoylake, and the crew of four of the auxiliary schooner Loch Kanza Castle, of...
The Carnsore Life-boat, the Iris, also proceeded to the last named vessel, and assisted to lighten her and get her afloat..
When, in February, a coach bringing a visiting football team and supporters to Buckingham was swept downstream from a ford across the river, swollen by heavy rain, Peter Steers, landlord of the Woolpack, did some quick thinking. While... - View image in PDF
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"THE British seaman, though, he might be better, has not grown worse, and is plentiful enough for the requirements of trade." "No case is made out for the inter- ference of Government to increase the number, or improve the...
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At day- break on the llth November, the barque Hannah of Drobak, Norway, drifted out of the Humber, during a strong wind from the N.W., accompanied by snow and sleet, the weather having been very stormy during the night. Eventually the...
. . . and (below) Jimmy Savile at the helm of the Atlantic 21 on show with a 'crew' of Scouts.. - View image in PDF
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The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifE belt are Sufficient extra buoyancy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person...
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On the 3rd December, in a fresh gale and heavy swell, with falls of snow and sleet, a brig was observed, apparently near the Goodwin Sands, with a signal of distress in the main rigging, and soon afterwards she was seen to cut away both...
Alistair Dunning, of Pfizer presents Nigel French and Dr Crawford, Ramsgate chairman with a cheque for £5,000 which will fund a year's crew training at the station.. - View image in PDF
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On the morning of the 19th March the schooner Man/ Lloyd, of Carnarvon, came into Fish-guard Bay, and anchored in a very exposed part of it. In the afternoon, the wind sud- denly shifted to the N.N.E., and blew a terrific gale, the sea soon...