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RNLI fundraising photos

Explore a century of RNLI fundraising, from Lifeboat Saturdays to television appeals

Black and white image of crew member and street collector

Photo: London News Agency

Pinning badge onto a highly decorated crew member, 1925
Black and white image of lifeboat being pulled through crowded street, crew collecting donations from crowd

Photo: Lafayette

Lifeboat procession, Dublin, c.1905
Colour image of group with live penguin and toy penguins

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Humber Coxswain Brian Bevan MBE launches Bingo Association Appeal with Nerys Hughes and Frank Bruno, London Zoo, 17 September 1990
Black and white image of lifeboat pulled by van, lifeboat crew inside with oars raised and fundraisers alongside

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Lifeboat Day in Chatham, 31 July 1943
Black and white image of group of women and children collecting for the RNLI

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Edinburgh Lifeboat Day in 1933
Black and white image of lifeboat being pulled through crowded street with crew inside

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Lifeboat Saturday in Rhyl in August 1929
Colour image of giant cheque being presented

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Presentation of cheque by Barclaycard Profiles Lifeboat Challenge, 7 January 1993
Black and white image of two men leaving building meeting woman collecting for RNLI beside steps

Photo: Planet News Limited

HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn on London Lifeboat Day, 1933
Black and white image of street collector approaching Edward, Prince of Wales

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HRH The Prince of Wales arriving at Lambeth Town Hall, 1923
Black and white image of postcards and buttons being sorted

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Sorting buttons and postcards sent in for the Blue Peter Lifesaver Appeal, November 1984
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