LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fundraisers
Anniversary Morning Market Harborough ladies' guild celebrated its 21st anniversary year by holding a birthday coffee morning at the home of Mrs Roland Orton, president and founder of the guild.
The party was to thank...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management
February Meeting.
Appledore, and Clovelly, Devon.—-Dur- ing the afternoon of the 7th August, 1937, signals were seen coming from a small motor yacht oft Westward Ho, A moderate N.N. W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to...
Category: Services
Record Breakers
Dittons Skiff and Punting club broke the channel crossing world record and raised money for the RNLI by rowing from Dover to Cap Gris Nez, in little over two hours and 42 minutes - a 25% improvement of the previous record! The record... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 5th June, 1877: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and...
Category: Committee
Bringing In a Sea-Plane
The Port Erin motor life-boat bringing in the R.A.F. plane, K9686, on the 24th July, 1938.
The call for the life-boat came when the crew was attending the annual Life-boat Sunday Service, and the service was abandoned..<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Record Collecting Box
LAST December the Institution received from Mr. F. 0. Brown, of Bedford Park, London, a cheque for £28 10s., the amount which he had collected during the year in his Life-boat box. At the same time, he said that owing to ill- health...
Category: Articles
The British Merchant Seaman
"THE British seaman, though, he might be better, has not grown worse, and is plentiful enough for the requirements of trade." "No case is made out for the inter- ference of Government to increase the number, or improve the...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the November, 1939, Meeting of the Committee of Management
Launches 111. Lives Rescued 124.
Services to vessels in distress through enemy action are marked • •• Other services arising out of the zcor are marked •.
November Meeting.
Walton and...
Category: Services
The Prince of Wales and the Life-Boat Service
Speeches of His Royal Highness at the Annual General Meeting on the 18th March, 1893, "As your chairman to-day it is my duty to move the first resolution, which is 'That the report now read be adopted, printed and circulated.'...
Category: Meetings
News from the Branches. 1st February to 30th April, 1938
Mrs. JANE M. PEPPER, honorary secretary, Mansfield branch.
Mr. GEOROE PEARCEY, worker, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton branch.
Mrs. ROSABEL STEVENS, worker, Ladies' Life-boat Guild,...
Category: Branches