LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Niblick
DECEMBER 21ST. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 2.25 in the afternoon a message was received from the coastguard that a trawler had gone aground on the Newcome Sands, and ten minutes later the motor lifeboat Michael Stephens was...
An R.A.F. Airborne Life-Boat
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1955, the Trevose Head coastguard rang up to say that a message had been received from St. Eval that an R.A.F. airborne life-boat was in diffi- culties off Bude. An...
A Boat
At 2.40 p.m. on 25th June, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was ashore at Rocka- Nore. The life-boat Fairlight was launched at 2.46 in a south westerly gale and a very rough sea. It was high...
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the ROTAL NATIONAL LIFB-BOAT IHSTITUTIOH and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains and under the general superintendence of local honorary committees...
Category: Articles
Classified Advertisements
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE Advertising pencils, superb ball pens, combs, brushes, each gold stamped Lifeboat name, etc., raise funds, quickly, easily. Bran Tub Toys: samples from, Northern Novelties, Bradford 2 (BD2...
Category: Advertisement
Obituary
IT is with the deepest regret that we have to record the death of Lieut.- Augustus Philip Clayton, of Coombe Colonel Sir FitzRoy Augustus Talbot Bank, Kent. He was educated at Clayton, K.C.V.O., which took place i Eton and served in the...
Category: Obituaries
Three Souvenir Sellers and Two Competitors (One Fourlegged the Other Two) Pictured at Wootton Creek Branch's Gymkhana
Three souvenir sellers and two competitors (one fourlegged, the other two) pictured at Wootton Creek branch's gymkhana held at Guildford Farm, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight, last summer.
There was beautiful weather and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Frederick Upton,
Frederick Upton, coxswain of Walmer lifeboat from 1945 to 1962. He joined the crew in 1938, serving as bowman from 1941 to 1942 and second coxswain from 1942 until his appointment as coxswain.
He was awarded a Silver medal...
Category: Obituaries
Mrs Kathleen Booker,
November Mrs Kathleen Booker, founder member and chairman of North Ferriby ladies lifeboat guild from 1969 to 1976 and 1979 to 1986.
She was awarded the Silver badge in 1986..
Category: Obituaries
A Tank Landing Craft
NOVEMBER 6TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
A tank landing craft had gone ashore, but the water was too shallow for the lifeboat to get near. Eventually the crew of the landing craft were able to walk ashore.- Rewards, £17...