Two Oxford Mail newsboys meet another Newsbuoy, the newly-launched lifeboat funded by local newspapers. – Vintage Photograph

Two Oxford Mail newsboys, Julian Ray, who delivers the Mail for Martins at Blackbird Leys, and John Ricer, a newsboy from Hardimans at Kennington, meet the coxswain of Hastings lifeboat, Joe Martin, just after the launch of the newly-launched lifeboat at St. Katharine’s Lock, London. The lifeboat was funded by donations from local newspapers during their Local Newspaper Week, in which the Oxford Mail recently took part, as well as from South Oxford Bowls Club and an Abingdon reader.Two Oxford Mail newsboys, Julian Ray, who delivers the Mail for Martins at Blackbird Leys, and John Ricer, a newsboy from Hardimans at Kennington, meet the coxswain of Hastings lifeboat, Joe Martin, just after the launch of the newly-launched lifeboat at St. Katharine’s Lock, London. The lifeboat was funded by donations from local newspapers during their Local Newspaper Week, in which the Oxford Mail recently took part, as well as from South Oxford Bowls Club and an Abingdon reader.

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TD FORD LUGAL TWO Oxford Mail newsboys meet another Newsbuoy – that’s the name of the newly-launched lifeboat paid for with money raised by local newspapers during their Local Newspaper Week, in which the Oxford Mail recently took part. The week is run nationwide to draw attention to the role played by local newspapers in their communities. With the coxswain of Hastings life- haw www ******* OXFORD OCT 1984 boat, Joe Martin, just after the launch at St. Katharine’s Lock, London, are Julian Ray, who delivers the Mail for Martins at Blackbird Leys, and John Ricer, a newsboy from Hardimans at Kennington. Donations are stil coming in for the new lifeboat, among them a donation of 63.19 from South Oxford Bowls Club anc 50 from an Abingdon reader. 65