For the second year in succession David Glyn Jones of the Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle School, Penygroes, won the first prize in a competition for the best essay on the Lifeboat Service organised by the Institution. The competition -was open to...
Category: Articles
Thurso- Arun class The Queen Mother On Wednesday 9 August Thurso's new Arun class lifeboat The Queen Mother was overshadowed by the presence at Scrabster Harbour of her namesake, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who had so...
Category: Inaugurations
17th June. A boat had been seen floating bottom up, but it could not be found.—Rewards, £10 5s. 6d..
29th Sep- tember. A small boat was in difficulties, but was able to get in without help.— Rewards, £9 17s..
17th August.
A small boat was in distress, but made land safely.—Rewards, £4 10s. Qd..
1st April. A small rowing boat was in difficulties, but was safely beached at Seaford.— Rewards, £5 16s..
18th June. A small boat was reported overdue, but was later found to have put into Hayling.— Rewards, £11 15s..
DECEMBER 20TH. - WALMER, KENT. A boat had been reported capsized off Dover harbour, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £32 9s. 6d..
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
Category: Photographs
JULY 1ST. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A sailing canoe was thought to have been blown out to sea, but later it was learned that she had returned.-Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..