File. 'Royal National Lifeboat Institution' (RNLI)

Reference No:
U DDB/4/3/23
Dates:
1968-1976
Description:

Relates to RNLI, Trinity House and Humber Pilots presence at Spurn.

Contains correspondence to and from RNLI, Yorkshire Naturalists' Trust (YNT) and its members, Easington Parish Council, Burstalls Solicitors, Post Office, Lewis & Duvivier Consulting Engineers, Trinity House, Humber Pilot's Steam Cutter Company Ltd., British Transport Docks Board Humber, Spurn Bird Observatory, Ingleby and Horner Architects and International Council of Scientific Unions International Biological Programme.

Topics include provision of playground for lifeboatmen's children (1976), RNLI housing and building of Coastguards Look-Out (1970s), condition of the road to Spurn Head, possible provision of an incinerator (1976), concerns raised about possible use of public money to clear old military buildings and payment of rates (1976), requests to visit Spurn (1968), closure of the Humber Tidal Model (1975), demolition of the old cottages (1975, 1976), the keeping of pets by the lifeboat crew and discussions about terms of lease.

Also includes accounts of meetings with RNLI (May 1973, May 1975); artists impression of Lifeboat Crew housing (1972); newspaper cutting (1971); plans of locations and layouts for intended RNLI buildings; Report on Crew Housing for the RNLI Spurn Point (May 1973); lease and related papers between YNT and RNLI (1974); document assessing potential uses of Lifeboatman's Cottages.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file (c.97 pieces)
Language:
Access Conditions:
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of George de Boer