LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Foreign coins
It is ESTIMATED that there are some £20—£30 millions worth of foreign coins lying around this country. The banks are not interested, neither are the foreign exchange bureaux, in anything other than notes.
In 1977...
Category: Donations
Foreign coins
Tesco Stores Ltd, the biggest supermarket chain in the British Isles, has kindly agreed to collect foreign coins for the RNLI in their stores from July to September. It is estimated that there are millions of pounds worth of foreign coins,...
Category: Donations
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APRIL 2lST. - PORTRUSH, CO. DOWN.
Red rockets had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 3s..
Coins of All Countries
OUR life-boats can claim to be an inter- national service, not only because they have saved lives and vessels belonging to every country with a seaboard, but because the coins of all countries find their way into the life-boat collecting...
Category: Donations
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FEBRUARY 24 TH . - SHERINGHAM NORFOLK. A heavy explosion and machine gun fire had been heard and aeroplanes seen but no vessel in need of help could be found.
- Rewards. £19 9s. 6d..
Life-Boat Fund Raising from Coins and Stamps
AS a new recruit to the R.N.L.I. (1968 vintage) I hope that members of long standing are not offended by being told what they have always known. There may be, however, people even greener than myself who might benefit. The reason I think my...
Category: Articles
B.D.26
Clovelly, Devon. At 6.30 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, a local fisherman called attention to the fact that a small motor boat, which had left the harbour on a routine visit to visit lobster pots, was no longer in sight. A...
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SEPTEMBER 25TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson aeroplane had been reported down, north of St. Patrick’s Causeway, but a search by the life-boats, aeroplanes, and an R.A.F. boat was without result. and...
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SEPTEMBER 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
A British airman had baled out, but he was rescued by an R.A.F. launch. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
Going Going Gone a Bottle Full of Coins
Going, going, gone. A bottle full of coins and notes for the lifeboats comes under the hammer at the Lord Burleigh, Victoria, London.
Landlord Fred Bright (r.) is a keen supporter of the RNLI who always has a giant bottle... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs