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General images and stories relating to the Hartlepool and Seaton carew lifeboats.
Alternative Lifeboat Colour Scheme
Created by Mr. John Brooker
Donated by Mr. John BrookerA prototype RNLI Arun-class Lifeboat entering Hartlepool Dock Channel, painted in ‘flourescent’ Yellow, as opposed to the normal lifeboat 'Dayglow Orange’. The boat was visiting Lifeboats Stations around the British Isles for crew members to appraise the new colour scheme. Following the survey, the new colour was rejected.
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Appeal for funds - Lifeboat
Donated by Hartlepool Library ServiceAppeal for funds to build a lifeboat house in 1856.
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Freedom of the Borough - 1986
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Donated by Mr. John BrookerPresentation of the Honorary Freedom of the Borough made to the crew members of the Hartlepool Lifeboats in 1986.
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Hartlepool Inshore Lifeboat Station - 1975
Created by Mr. John Brooker
Donated by Mr. John BrookerHartlepool Inshore Lifeboat Station, Middleton, taken in the winter of 1975.
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Letter from the Royal National Life-Boat Institution 1891
Donated by Hartlepool Library ServiceLetter from the Royal National Life-Boat Institution 1891 regarding the expenditure and funding of the service. It was sent to Clergy in Hartlepool asking them to start a Life-Boat Sunday in order to boost funds.
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