The World Flounder Tramping Championship at Palnackie, Kirkcudbrightshire, made £549 for the RNLI and a lot of scrubbing necessary for competitors like Shaun and Terry Harper pictured here; there were 290 entries from all over the... - View image in PDF
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The remains of the Watson cabin motor life-boats from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight and Selsey, Sussex. Nothing is left forward but the keels, deadwoods and iron floor-straps. On the left can be seen the forward steel bulkhead of the engine-room... - View image in PDF
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During his visit to Longhope HRH The Duke of Kent met James Adams who retired that week after 28 years service aboard the station's lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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Jewels for a lifeboat: A member of Phillips' staff models some of the 17 items of jewellery Mrs Esme Anderson generously gave to the RNLI for auction to pay for a new £390,000 Arun class lifeboat to be stationed at Newhaven and to... - View image in PDF
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1st August to 31st October, 1934.
Greater London.
CLAPHAM.—Whist drive.
HAYES.—Annual meeting on 25th Octo- ber. Speaker: The district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1934...
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Almost £1,000 was raised for the RNLI by runners in Wolverhampton marathon in March. Ray Adams (r} raised £622; he is part-time barman of the Hop Pole, run by- Dick and Maureen Moore, which was the focal point for RNLI activities... - View image in PDF
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In this issue News 2 All the latest from and about the Lifeboats Letters 8 Sailing on through stormy seas 10 Highlights from the Chairman's latest ACM speech Lifeboats in action 14 Includes a Silver Medal-winning service Meet the fleet...
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THE Italian Government has awarded medals to the Cromer life-boat crew for their gallantry in rescuing thirty men from the steamer Monte Nevoso, of Genoa, in October, 1932. The steamer had stranded on the Haisborough Sands and had broken her...
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{The figures refer to the numbers of the Life-hoats detailed on the ten preceding Pages.) A. B. S., 126. Draper, Daniel J., Life-boat Hounsfield, Mrs., 78. Peach, Misses Frances and A. F. H.. 133. Fund, 136. [late, 141. Howard...
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IT is just eleven years since the service to the Hospital Ship Rohilla, wrecked ofi Whitby on 30th October, 1914. It will be remembered how the Whitby No. 2 Boat, although badly damaged, made two journeys to the wreck, rescuing five women...
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