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Why the sudden rash of photographs from England? Well, quite simply I was going through all my photographs, and I found a few that I might be of interest to you, dear readers, who come from all over the world, in any case.
Also, I guess I wanted to show that the good ‘ole US [...]

Walmer is situated on the east Kent coast a few miles north of Dover, England.
At one time the area had 3 lifeboats, but these days Walmer is an inshore lifeboat station with semi-rigid inflatable craft. Dover and Ramsgate lifeboat stations take care of the treacherous Goodwin Sands.

The photograph shows the Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No [...]