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Lifeboat Institution Volume 51 Number 513 The Journal of the Royaj l National Lifeboat Institution Volume 51 Number 513 The LifeboaAutumn 1990 Bronze medal lifeboat service t The Isle of Man revisited Talking to the medallists To Celebrate the Queen Mother's 90th Birthday A LIMITED EDITION Magnificent pieces OF 5000 to honour H.M. Queen Elizabeth ^ the Queen Mother's 90th Birthday A LIMITED EDITION OF 500 The Queen Mother's The Aynsley Qlamis Castle Vase Favourite Flou-ers Plate The centrepiece of the Queen Mother 90th Year Collection: this magnificent Aynsiey Vase in rich This charming portrait of the Queen Mother, cobalt blue, is embellished with valuable 22 carat together with her favourite Corgi, Ranger, U gilding. The central panel carries a superb hand- surrounded by a delicate floral border including painted scene of Glamis Castle, the hereditary the Queen Mother's favourite flowers: Rosemary, home of Her Majesty. Only 90 pieces of this Lavender, Myrtle, Lilies of the Valley, Sweel Pea, beautiful vase will ever be produced. Forget-me-not, Lemon Scented Verbena, Pansy, Site on mahogany plinth 9" £395. Freesia. Camelia. Primrose and of course the Aw •&» up re I.' H*. fp, Mnnj - M «*n -JT bt Elizabeth of Glamis Rose. This full colour 8" fine bone china plate by Goss China really is a fitting The Lion Head Beaker tribute to her Majesrv on this special anniversary. Again featuring the same portrait and matching floral decoration. This piece by Sutherland Limited Edition of 5000. £29.95 + P&P. China takes its name from the lion head Please allow 28 days for delivery handles. Limited Edition 500. £35 + P&P A matching Collectors Mug Please allow 28 J.i\" for delivery - is also available. Featuring the same portrait A LIMITED EDITION Exclusive to Peter Jones China these fine anJ matching floral decoration this colourful pieces are NOT AVAILABLE from any fine bone china mug is produced by Sutherland OF ONLY 90 WORLDWIDE other shop or store. Interest free payments are available for Peter Jonet China P.O. Box 10. II Little Wcitgate, China £19.50 + P&P. this piece. See order form for details. WAtfieldwTI I LB England. Telephone (0924) 362510 Plcatr allow 28 day* for delivery Rtf in KnjIinJ TK.U1H • ••• m^m ^^m ^^m ^^m ^^ ^H m^m ^^m ^^ I enclose my Cheque/P.O. for £ LJ 2 Please debit my credit card account for Order Form made payable to Peter Jones China, £50 and I give you my authority to debit or debit my Credit card my credit card account with a further To: Peter Jones China, P.O. Box 10. 22 Little WestgateWakefieldWFl 1LB. account no., £345 when you despatch the vase to me. England. Telephone (0924) 362510. LJ 3 1 wish to pay for the vase in 8 interest free with £ Date Plea*e send me instalments. I enclose my cheque for Credit card expiry date. £49.37 and 1 further cheques for £49.37 Qty Description Price focal for each following month. Signature Plate t29.gs I — I 4 1 wish to pay for the vase in 8 interest free Mr Mrs Miss instalments. Please debit my credit card Uonhead Beaker £35 account with £49.37 and a further Mug £19.50 Ad Jress £49.37 each month for a further seven Postcode. months. \ynslev\ase t3<»5 A ^7^ You can order now by telephone. Pltaietwie iftxiymtnt 3 <n4 U itltdtht vtue F==3 Tel (0924) 362510,24 bow*. Mill t>e detpatfhtd toymt after the 8ih payment. I K Postage & Packing charge* Credit card account number I piece 11 2 piece* £4 3 piece* £5 Please reserve me \^ise/Vases byAynsley NO P&P CHARGES FOR THE VASE. Ovenea* P&P £ 10 per item H N LI LJ 1 1 enclose a £50 deposit, and a further cheque for £345 which 1 understand will Credit card expiry date. Daic p&p TOTAL not be banked until you despatch the vase ' " J (tomeo me.. signature • The Autumn 1990 Lifeboat RNLI News 294 What's happening in and around the Institution Royal National Past and Present 297 Lifeboat From THE LIFEBOAT of 50 years ago, and one of today's lifeboatmen Institution Men Behind the Medals 298 The lifeboatmen who received bravery awards at the annual Contents presentation discuss their work and their lifeboats Volume 51 Lifeboat Services 302 A variety of launches in detail Number 513 Chairman: Ceremonies 307 MICHAEL VERNON Naming and dedication ceremonies around the country Director and Secretary: The Isle of Man Revisited 311 LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNIRNR The RNLI's Assistant Public Relations Officer, Robin Sharp, looks at the way the RNLI's 'ancestral home' is adapting to new lifeboats Editor: Across the years 312 MIKE FLOYD 50 years ago this autumn a lifeboat rescued a Battle of Britain pilot... Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Membership News 313 Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ. News for Shoreline and Storm Force members Telephone Poole (0202) 671133 Governors and Life Governors Telex 41328. London Offices: The Fundraisers 314 Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 202 How some of the RNLI's income is raised Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JW. Telephone 071-928 5742 (Enquiries and Fundraising) Lifeboat Services 318 071-928 4236 (Public Relations) List of services for March, April and May 1990 071-928 5743 (Central London Committee) Advertisement Manager: Books 320 PETER HOLNESS Some recent publications reviewed Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ. People and Places 321 Telephone Poole (0202) 671133 Around and about the RNLI Telex 41328 Next Issue: The Winter issue of THE Subscription: A year' s subscription for COVER PICTURE LIFEBOAT will appear in January 1991, and four issues costs £5.00, including postage, by Colin Watson news items should be received by Friday 7 but those who are entitled to receive THE December 1990. LIFEBOAT free of charge will continue to All material submitted for consideration do so. Unusual lighting picks out the with a view to publication should be ad- Overseas subscriptions depend on the cost details on the Bangor (Co Down) dressed to The Editor, THE LIFEBOAT, Royal of postage to the country concerned. Write to Atlantic 21 class lifeboat as she National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay the RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset takes up station astern of the Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ. BH15 1HZ. Photographs intended for return should be station's all-weather lifeboat. accompanied by a stamped, addressed enve- Printed by the Friary Press, Bridport Road, lope. Dorchester, Dorset 293 Newspoint VAT - a heavier burden NEWS for charities from 1992? UK charities do not pay income tax or corporation tax, but they do pay VAT. Royal opening for Kirkwall boat house This cannot be recovered in the way that commercial concerns recover VAT from customers who buy their products or services. In recent years the Government has sought to mitigate the UK charity sec- tor's heavy VAT bill by allowing vari- ous items of equipment of critical im- portance to charities to be 'zero-rated'. These items include aids for handi- capped persons, drugs and chemi- cals used in medical research, and lifeboats, slipways and launching ve- hicles. These 'charity zero-rates' are very valuable to charities such as the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the RNLI. Without them the RNIB'sannualVATbill would increase from £1m to £3m and the RNLI's by even more, from £400,000 to over £3m. Zero-rating is much less common in ? other European countries than in the UK and there is concern that the Eu- • ropean Commission's proposals fora Single Market in 1992, which include VAT harmonisation, will lead to the HRH The Princess Royal visited Kirkwall Harbour, during a tour of Orkney, where she UK having to cut back its zero-rating. formally opened the lifeboat house and unve-iled two dedication plaques. The plaques had been Charity zero-rates would then have to specially prepared from a granite curling stone which had been collected from Ailsa Craig take their chance along with the zero rates for food, children's clothing and when the station's lifeboat was on passage to Kirkwall. domestic fuel and power. With representatives of fund raisers in all the areas on the mainland of Orkney and the The UK government is sympathetic offshore islands in attendance Her Royal Highness toured the building, cut the christening cake to the charity sector's concern and is and then, after donning a lifejacket, went for a short trip afloat on Kirkwall's Arun class lifeboat generally resisting European pres- Mickie Salvesen. sure against UK zero-rates, but has On her return the guild served light refreshments and everyone present was delighted and not given any specific commitment to enthused by Her Royal Highness' charm and interest in the RNLI. retain existing charity zero-rates after 1992. Awards to Lifeboatmen This is a serious and urgent matter Alan Thomas, coxswain of the Tenby life- man Adnams the Institution's Certificate of for the whole UK charity sector. Sup- boat, has won the Maud Smith Award for Thanks on Vellum, and crew members porters may wish to write to their local 'the most outstanding act of lifesaving by a Horswell and Gladwell received Vellum MP, urging him to use his influence to prevent what could be a major re- lifeboatman' during 1989. Service certificates. verse for UK charities in 1992, and for The award follows the lifeboat's rescue of The lifeboat was called to the fishing boat the RNLI in particular. MP's names the skipper of the fishing vessel Silver Stream on 11 April 1989 when she found herself and addresses may be obtained from and the two crew of another fishing boat New dragging on to a lee shore in a Force 8 gale.
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