Charities Collection (page 8)

Model of the first purpose-built lifeboat, the Original, built by Henry Francis Greathead of South Shields in 1789. South ShieldOs private Law House committee endeavoured to find an inventor who

The United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Louis Jnr (seated at the right) on board the new lifeboat which he had just named " The American Ambassador" at the Atlantic

One of the busiest lifeboat stations in Wales has been given a larger and faster boat as part of a policy to improve the rescue service around a popular stretch of coastline

A new type of inshore lifeboat which will be able to operate at night is undergoing trials in Cardigan Bay, off Aberystwyth

Port Talbots dedicated band of unpaid lifeguards took command of a new high speed rescue craft yesterday, courtesy of locally based components firm Borg Warner Automotive

Bertie Roach and Mike Eynon at Angle lifeboat station after receiving their long-service medals after 20 years with the RNLI

The sea is pool-placid as the sun goes down and the Barry lifeboat stands at her harbour moorings. The chalets of ButlinOs Holiday Camp dominate the darkening skyline. 27th March 1971

Crew of the 16 foot inflatable Little and Broad Haven lifeboat at Little Haven: Brian Dilley, David Love, Chris Williamson and Peter Llewellyn. 25th July 1989

RNLB Arun, the first prototype boat Arun class lifeboat stationed in Barry, Wales. She entered service at St Peter Port in 1972 but moved on to Barry Dock where it was stationed until 1997

Staff at Swanseas Industrial and Maritime Museum have discovered that a dilapidated boat they have been repairing for a few months is of significant importance to Welsh nautical history

RNLI volunteers gather outside Manchester Town Hall on a historic day for charity fundraising. Until the late 1880s, the RNLI mostly relied on wealthy philanthropists for financial support

The coxswain, Mr Fred Warts and the signalman Mr John Wells tie up the Barry lifeboat, the Rachel and Mary Evans, as she arrives back at Barry harbour after her six months refit at Littlehampton

Aberystwyth lifeboat, circa 1900

The Barry lifeboat speeds away from Barry docks on its annual trip to take Christmas food to the crew of the Trinity House Breaksea Lightship. 23rd December 1969

Vivienne Whiteright, Mandy Clarke, and Phillipa Lewis, female crew members of the Little and Broadhaven lifeboat operating the beat at St Brides Bay, Pembrokeshire. 3rd February 1990

A modern self righting lifeboat, the Tyne class lifeboat 47-010 RFA Sir Galahad, at Tenby, Wales. 15th July 1986

Coxswain Frank Tinsley (right) and Mechanical Second Coxswain Fred Mullay at the controls of the Arthur and Blanche Harris during sea trials off Barry. 1st April 1968

Aberystwyths RNLI crew and their boat at the towns fire station. The fire service came to the rescue of the local lifeboat after it had been cut off from its boathouse due to engineering work

Coxswain Frank Tinsley stands in from of the Barry lifeboat RNLB Arthur and Blanche Harris before getting off on its sea trials off the coast of Barry. 1st April 1968

The Barry Dock lifeboat searches for the missing crew members of a tug. 15th January 1966

Deck hand Eric Fry (left) and Mechanical Second Coxswain Fred Mullay at work on board the Arthur and Blanche Harris lifeboat during its sea trials off the coast of Barry. 1st April 1968

The Barry Dock lifeboat pictures on her return to Barry following a search for a missing man which was called off. 28th March 1963

Frank Tinsley, Coxswain of the Arthur and Blanche Harris Lifeboat, and Second Mechanical Engineer Mike Nash at work on the boat during its sea trials off the coast of Barry.1st April 1968

Coxswain Mr. Frank Tinsley seated at the controls of the Barry lifeboat during an exercise in the Bristol Channel. 4th March 1970

Two airmen are hoisted to the safety of an RAF helicopter after being picked up by Barry lifeboat during an air-sea rescue exercise. 27th January 1966

When the crew members of a Gower-based private rescue service put to sea in future on a mercy mission, they will speed to the scene on board the latest inshore rescue craft

The John and Naomi Beattie, a restored lifeboat, starts its journey from Swansea to Aberystwyth after being relaunched at a special ceremony in Swansea. It is to become a floating exhibit

The Barry coxswain, Mr. Frank Tinsley, ready to board one of the Royal National Lifeboat Institutions new lifeboats, the Blanche and Arthur Harris

The Mayor of Barry (Alderman Ewart Morgan) and the Mayoress of Barry (Miss Eileen Morgan), with members of the Barry Branch of the British Sailors Society leave on a lifeboat on a Christmas visit to

The Barry Dock lifeboat slides down the slipway as she leaves dock to deliver Christmas goods to the Breaksea Light Ship in the Bristol Channel. 23rd December 1961

The Mayor of Barry (Alderman C. T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors Society
The Mayor of Barry (Alderman C.T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors Society paid their annual Christmas visit to the men on board the Breaksea lightship in mid Bristol channel today

The Coxswain, Mr Fred Swarts, in the cockpit, and Mr John Wells, the signaller, check over the controls of the Barry lifeboat

The Barry lifeboat, the RNLB Rachel and Mary Evans, arrives back at Barry harbour after her six months refit at Littlehampton, Sussex, under the control of the Coxswain Mr. Fred Swarts

The Barry lifeboat RNLB Rachel and Mary Evans on her way back home after failing to land her passengers on the Breaksea lightship for the annual carol service. 23rd December 1966

Barry lifeboat rescue four men from a cabin cruiser. After they brought the men to safety they went back out to bring the boat into Barry harbour. 20th December 1978

Barry Dock takes delivery of a new reserve lifeboat, RNLB Susan Ashley, to replace the one wrecked in a gale off the Somerset coast four years earlier

87 year old William Prethero, a former RNLI member, pictured at Barry as the new Arun class lifeboat RNLB Arun, a a £ 120, 000 self righting boat

The naming ceremony of the New Barry Dock lifeboat the Arthur and Blanche Harris was performed at Barry Docks by Lady Traherne, the wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan

Members of the crew pose in from of the lifeboat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine as the Ferryside station prepares to be closed down at the end of the month. In the background is the Hon

The Lifeboat William Maynard leaves her shed for a practice launch at Ferryside launch station, Carmarthenshire. 20th September 1947

Coxswain Bob Davies prepares to fire the last maroon as the Ferryside station prepares to be closed down at the end of the month. In the background is the Hon. Secretary Lt. Col. Charles Neville

Ferryside lifeboat Richard Ashley in a practice launch in the Estuary, Carmarthenshire, Wales. 8th July 1969

Ferryside Lifeboat Richard Ashley with coxswain David Arthur. July 1969

Ferryside lifeboat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine plunges away from her launching carriage for her last cruise in the Towy estuary before the station is closed at the end of the month

The motor lifeboat William Maynard leaves the boathouse for a practice launch at Ferryside station, Carmarthenshire. 8th July 1969

Charity Walk Completed, these young participants enjoy a rest and pint of beer, the West Bromwich Charity Walk is in aid of the Mayors Holiday Home for the Aged Project

Postmaster General John Stonehouse, on the eve of the introduction of his two tier postal system, the MP for West Bromwich, unsuccessfully attempts to by a stamp from the machine at Westbury

West Bromwich Charity Walk in aid of the Mayors Holiday Home for the Aged Project, which aims to raise ten thousand pounds, 200 people took part

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