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2009 19/11/2009. 2000 3 Rhyl crewmen were requested by the RNLI Flood Response Team in North Wales, to attend the flooding of Cumbria around Cockermouth and Workington. They used the station LandRover LR102 to travel in convoy to Cumbria, with other members of the North Wales team. Crew members Martin Jones, Darrel Graham and Callum Robinson, under the command of Deputy District Inspector Matt Croft, arrived in the area at 2200 and immediately were set to work in rescuing residents using RNLI rescue boats and D class ILBs and Arancias in conjunction with the other rescue services. Link here - http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/press_centre/news_releases/news_release_detail?articleid=503714 The teams returned to North Wales at 1300 on Saturday 21st November, assisting up to 200 people from their dwellings. Their base was Carlisle castle. PIC 20/9/2009 Trials commenced on a "SOFTRAC" tracked vehicle to tow the ILB on the beach. Trials will take place approximately until the end of September. PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4. The vehicle was returned to depot early November 2009 with suggestions from crew. The vehicle proved to be slow at getting to the water's edge at low water compared with our original County tractor. 30/8/2009 There were 2 presentations at our open day on 30th August
14/8/2009 Rhyl Fundraisers have announced that this year's Flag day collected £3,308.90. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to attain this record amount! 14/7/2009 Coxswain Peter Robinson and his wife Jan attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and other dignitaries. PICTURE 9/3/2009 Crew dinner and presentation night at Rhuddlan Golf Club. For pictures of presentations, go to gallery page. 1/1/2009. Rhyl lifeboat fundraisers have received various awards from the RNLI. See http://rnlirhylfundraisers.blogspot.com/ for details. Congratulations to you all ! 2008 16/5/2008 Mrs. Frost received her MBE from HRH Prince Charles at an investiture at Buckingham Palace today. PICTURE shows Mrs. frost with her Grand-daughter Natasha, Sister Dorothy, and Son Paul, on the steps of the Palace after receiving her award. 3/1/ 2008 Thieves broke into the lifeboat station at Rhyl sometime over the New Year evening. They managed to get into the mechanic’s room and appear to have tried to get into the souvenir shop, but failed to break the reinforced glass. It appears that they also went on to the lifeboat but investigations revealed that nothing was taken. Tools in the mechanics room were gathered together, but it seems that the thieves must have been disturbed and fled empty-handed. Luckily none of the essential equipment; the boats and launching vehicles were damaged, and the lifeboat volunteers were able to make the boat and boathouse safe to continue the life-saving efforts of Rhyl lifeboat crew and fund-raisers. It was late realised that the DVD re-writer used to make the films for the crew was taken. It must be emphasised that no money or valuables are stored in the shop overnight, so the thieves would not have gained much for their efforts. Closed-circuit television footage was examined by the police, and identified the persons involved. They were successfully convicted and sentenced to prison. |
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19th July - Jimmy Quinn and wife visit Buckingham Palace for
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18th July- 1030 visit by Sir Jock Slater RNLI chairman to Rhyl
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PICTURE 2006 10/7/2006. Press release - Honorary treasurer Bill Newton receives a statuette of a lifeboatman, and a certificate to mark 11 years as station treasurer. PRESS RELEASE PICTURE |
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