LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Life-Boat Families. The Wiggs, of Kessingland, and the Stone-Houses, of Teesmouth and Redcar
THE Institution, at the end of last year, awarded a special Vellum to Mr.
Edward Wigg, sen., of Kessingland, in recognition of the exceptional services which he and his family have rendered to the Life-boat Service. He...
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Centenary of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society completed its first hundred years of work in February, 1939. The Institu- tion sent its cordial congratulations to the Society on its magnificent record of 897,801...
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Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: APRIL 1992 Mrs Connie Waite, president of the Barrow ladies' guild since 1988. Mrs Waite served as secretary from 1959 to 1980 and was treasurer from 1985 until her election as president....
Category: Obituaries
ART OF GLASS
Our cover photo and the images in our piece about Shetland life were made by Jack Lowe using a Victorian process called wet plate collodion
Jack plans to visit all 237 RNLI crews as part of the Lifeboat Station Project,...
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Macduff
DOVER.—A fisherman having reported, on the evening of the 20th of March, that he had seen a vessel ashore near the South Foreland Lighthouse, the Life-boat Henry William Pickersgill, R.A., was launched at 9 P.M., proceeded to her assistance,...
Fishing Boats (3)
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 11.10 in the morning of the 15th of February, 1951, the coastguard reported that three local fishing boats were having difficulty entering harbour be- cause of the heavy swell on the...
Catherine and Ann
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 8.40 on the morning of the 24th of March, 1954, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Catherine and Ann was at sea in a strong northerly wind and heavy sea. At 8.52 the life-boat The Isa &...
A Sailing Dinghy (4)
Worthing, Sussex. At approximately 3.15 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized one mile off Lancing. At 3.25 the IRB launched in a strong gusting to near gale force south-westerly wind and rough...
A Yacht (8)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 2.8 p.m.
on 26th August, 1965, a yacht was reported to have capsized off Westcliffe swimming pool. At 2.9 the IRB launched in a gentle to moderate south-westerly breeze and rough sea. She came up...
Silver Medal for Norwegians
As reported in the June issue of THE LIFE-BOAT the Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning - the Norwegian Life-boat Institution - is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month.
Commander F. R. H. Swann, R.N.V.R., a deputy...
Category: Medals