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
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
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
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
News Cont
Appealing start The Crew Training Appeal is seeking funds to cover the cost of crew training at individual lifeboat stations and is approaching local businesses, trusts, and individuals for donations. It will cost some £20,000 for...
Category: Articles
‘ A LIFEJACKET SAVED MY LIFE’
For experienced fisherman Neal Dews, wearing a lifejacket didn’t matter. But when an angling trip took a turn for the worst, he soon realised how much it did Since learning to fish on the River Trent in Nottinghamshire, angling has...
Category: Articles
With Great Glee and Satisfaction Three Young Lads and Their Fathers Knock Down a Pile of Coins Worth £126 Which Had Been Amassed By the Senior Ratings of Hm Subma
With great glee and satisfaction three young lads and their fathers knock down a pile of coins worth £126 which had been amassed by the senior ratings of HM Submarine Courageous for Sheerness lifeboat. Doing a grand job of demolition... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Minister's Visit
Lord Brabazon of Tara, the government's minister for shipping, accompanied by Lady Brabazon, visited RNLI headquarters, Poole in August. His party included Rear Admiral M. L. Stacey, of the Department of Transport and was met by Mr... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Last August Taunton Achieved a Total of £227 for the Rnli With a 'Mile of Money' First Off the Mark Was the Mayor Hzre Seen Laying His Coins on the Tape Photograp
Last August Taunton achieved a total of £227 for the RNLI with a 'Mile of Money'. First off the mark was the Mayor, hzre seen laying his coins on the tape . . . - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jack Beale. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs