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Other Irb Launches

In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 230, 238 and 244, the following launches on service were made during the months March, April and May, 1970, inclusive: Abersoch, Caernarvonshire - April 18th and May 21st.

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire - April 13th and May 30th.

Amble, Northumberland - May 6th.

Atlantic College, Glamorganshire - May 23rd.

Bangor, Co. Down - May 8th and 23rd.

Barmouth, Merionethshire - May 16th and 24th.

Barrow, Lancashire - May 6th and 29th.

Beaumaris, Anglesey - April 19th and May 12th.

Blackpool, Lancashire - May 17th.

Barth, Cardiganshire - May 30th.

Bridlington, Yorkshire - April 5th and May 26th.

Brighton, Sussex - May 17th.

Brought)' Ferry, Angus - March 18th, April 24th, May 17th, 23rd and 27th.

Bude, Cornwall - April 7th and May 23rd.

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - May 15th.

Conway, Caernarvonshire - May 2nd, 3rd, 21st and 31st.

Crimdon Dene, Durham - May 31st.

Cullercoats, Northumberland - May 3rd.

Eastbourne, Sussex - April 18th and 29th.

Eastney, Hampshire - March 7th, 21st and April 19th.

Eastney, Hampshire, 18-02 - March 7th, April 18th, May 2nd and 3rd.

Exmouth, Devon - April 25th and May 25th.

Filey, Yorkshire - May 31st.

Fleetwood, Lancashire - May 17th.

Flint- March 31st.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - April 29th and May 3rd.

Hartlepool, Durham - March 27th, April 18th, May 3rd, 10th, 21st, 24th (twice) and 31st.

Harwich, Essex - April 12th and 21st.

Hastings, Sussex - March 28th and April llth.

Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire - March 15th, 22nd, 27th, Apiil 25th, 26th, May 3rd (twice) 10th (twice) and llth.

Horton and Port Eynon, Glamorganshire - March 25th and 26th.

Howth, Co. Dublin - May 20th.

Humber Mouth, Lincolnshire - May 31st.

Jersey, Channel Islands - May 6th.

Kinghorn, Fife - April 1st, May 20th and 26th.

Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire - May 5th.

Largs, Ayrshire - March 1st, 28th, 29th, April llth, 12th, May 6th (twice), 9th, 16th (twice) and 17th.

Lirtlehampton, Sussex - March 25th, April 6th, May 23rd and 25th.

Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent - May 9th, llth and 23rd (twice).

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - April 26th, May 17th and 20th.Lyme Regis, Dorset - May 1st and 6th.

Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire - May 30th.

Margate, Kent - March 29th, April 18th and 26th.

Minehead, Somerset - May 17th.

Moelfre, Anglesey - March 29th, May 17th, 20th, 23rd and 24th.

Morecambe, Lancashire - May 6th and 25th.

Mudeford, Hampshire - May 22nd, 24th, 25th and 29th.

Newquay, Cornwall - April 5th and May 22nd.

North Berwick, East Lothian - April 2nd and May 20th.

North Sunderland, Northumberland - May 23rd and 25th.

Plymouth, Devon, 18-01 - April 27th.

Poole, Dorset, 17-003 - May 8th (twice) and 25th.

Porthcawl, Glamorganshire - May 10th and 23rd.

Port Isaac, Cornwall - May 3rd.

Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - March 1st, April 20th and May 30th.

Port Talbot, Glamorganshire - May 12th.

Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire - May 31st.

Queensberry, West Lothian - March 15th (twice), 27th, 29th, May 2nd, 18th and 31st.

Ramsgate, Kent, 17-001 - May 26th.

Redcar, Yorkshire - May 31st.

Rhyl, Flintshire - May 6th, 24th and 25th.

Rye Harbour, Sussex - April 18th.

St. Agnes, Cornwall - April 28th.

St. Ives, Cornwall - April 13th.

Scarborough, Yorkshire - May 24th.

Selsey, Sussex - April 3rd, 9th, May 8th and 24th.

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - May 3rd, 5th, 7th, 13th, 17th (twice), 23rd, 26th and 30th (twice).

Skegness, Lincolnshire - May 10th.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex - April 18th, May 3rd, 9th, 17th and 25th (three times).

Southwold, Suffolk - May 17th and 31st.

Stonehaven, Kincardineshire - April 15th, May 20th and 31st.

Torbay, Devon, 18-03 - April 27th, May 16th and 29th.

Tre-Arddur Bay, Anglesey - April 21st and May 24th.

Tynemouth, Northumberland - March 20th and May 3rd.

Walmer, Kent - March 1st and May 24th.

Wells, Norfolk - May 21st.

West Kirby, Cheshire - May 23rd and 29th.

West Mersea, Essex - April 19th, 26th (twice), and May 24th.

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset - March 9th, May 17th and 31st.

Whitby, Yorkshire - May 25th.

Wnitstable, Kent - March 3rd, April 14th, May 2nd, 4th and 30th.

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - March 2nd, May 22nd, 26th and 28th.IS HE THE YOUNGEST? David Sams, aged 8, of Hoddesdon, Herts., writes to say that he is No. 192 in the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society and that he has visited 43 R.N.L.I. stations.

David, we think, may hold the record age wise.

Mrs. J. BLACKBURN In the last paragraph in 'New Ways of Raising Money' in the July issue of THE LIFE-BOAT (page 194) the treasurer of the Halifax life-boat luncheon club was given as Miss J. Blackburn. This should, in fact, have read Mrs. Blackburn.

PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT The portrait of Coxswain Kenneth J. Holland, of the Skegness, Lincolnshire, life-boat, which appeared in the April Journal, page 78, was taken by Mr. K. S.

Wilkinson, of Winthorpe, Skegness..