WHEN the Life-boat Service was founded, at a meeting in the City of London, in 1824, King George IV became its Patron, and five of the royal dukes its vice-patrons—York, Clarence, Sussex, Cambridge and Gloucester.
So the...
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WHEN, in March, 1920, I paid my first visit to the Isle of Man, I did so for a double reason. I wanted to see all the Isle of Man Stations and to have the advantage of meeting the Honorary Secretaries and Committees. But the main object in...
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One of the new 17ft 6in twin-engined C class inflatable lifeboats preparing to go afloat after her official handing over at Criccieth last May. A report of the ceremony appeared on page 57 of the summer 1984 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. photograph... - View image in PDF
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la prepared to establish and maintain a Life-boat Station on any part of the coast of the United Kingdom where it can be shown, from previous disasters, that a Life-boat is required. It is requisite that there should be a sufficient number...
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The Countess of Dartmouth being presented with an evening stole, hand-knitted by Mr. George Welburn, coxswain of Bridlington life-boat. The presentation was made during the annual fashion show organized by the Bridlington branch of the... - View image in PDF
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The Whaley Bridge branch committee members and their spouses await the arrival of 500 local people who, over the last 12 years, have supported their annual ploughman's lunch held in the barn and grounds of Mrs A Leonard, the branch... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboats from Sweden and Norway visited Poole in May on their way to the 15th International Lifeboat Conference at La Coruna, Spain (a full report of which will appear in the Autumn journal). Pictured (left) are Norway's Skomvaer III,... - View image in PDF
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Volunteer life savers, who patrol Australian beaches, taking a surf boat out from the beach to the open sea through treacherous waters at Dee Why, a popular resort, near Sydney, New South Wales.. - View image in PDF
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In the first of the two following tables are the twenty Branches which have the largest total contributions for 1924.
The second table gives simply a selection of Branches from different parts of the country, which have a...
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Mr. F. G. Reed, honorary secretary at Itfracotnbe, believes that a life-boat picture gallery is a major attraction at any holiday resort with a life-boat. Elsewhere the same view is held. Here Mr. D. Harvey, of Cromer, is pictured with his... - View image in PDF
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