LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Epilogue to the Loss of Solomon Browne from Dr D W L Leslie Chairman Penlee Station Branch
MOUSEHOLE VILLAGE and harbour just west of Penzance is famous for its display of Christmas lights—an enterprise supported by the whole village and particularly by the Penlee lifeboat crew. Last year Charles Greenhaugh, as chairman of the...
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Barry Pike An Ex-Policeman Was Motor Mechanic at Torbay When He Was Awarded the Silver Medal for Gallantry and the Ralph Glister Award for a Service on October 519
Barry Pike, an ex-policeman, was Motor Mechanic at Torbay when he was awarded the silver medal for gallantry and the Ralph Glister award for a service on October 5,1973.. - View image in PDF
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The Duchess of Kent at Penlee
WHEN the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, made a tour of Corn- wall in May, she visited the life-boat station at Penlee. She was received there by Mr. Barrie Bennetts, M.B.E., the honorary secretary, who holds the...
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The Prime Minister Mr Edward Heath Meets Sergeant F C Elverson Aged 70 a Chelsea Pensioner at the RNLI Stand at the International Boat Show for the Secon
The Prime Minister, Mr. Edward Heath, meets Sergeant F. C. Elverson, aged 70, a Chelsea Pensioner, at the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show. For the second year running Sgt.
Elverson worked indefatigably on the... - View image in PDF
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Prizes Galore at the Mermaid Ball
This masterpiece of chocolate confectionery floating on a sea of blue icing and donated by Thorntons, was just one of many prizes in a 'short odds' raffle held during the 1989 Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball which was held at the London... - View image in PDF
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In Pursuit of a Yacht
A STRONG south-westerly gale was blowing on the Sussex coast on the morning of Sunday, the 8th of August. The sea was very rough and there was a heavy swell.
Just after half past eight the coastguard at Shoreham Harbour saw...
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A Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.41 on the evening of the 21st of September, 1958, the coastguard at Forelands re- ported that the s.s. Ardingly had re- ported that a small boat had overturned and that a man was clinging to...
Peter Williams a Slitting Mill Primary School Boy Who at the Age of 6 Was Successful In the 'Blue Peter' Life-Boat Poster Competition (The Life-Boat December 1969) Pict
Peter Williams, a Slitting Mill primary school boy, who at the age of 6 was successful in the 'Blue Peter' life-boat poster competition (THE LIFE-BOAT, December, 1969), pictured with his mother, Mrs. Heather Williams (left), when... - View image in PDF
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The High Superstructure of An Arun Class Lifeboat May Make Her Look 'Top Heavy' to Some Eyes But Is the Key to Her Ultimate Stability and Safety
The high superstructure of an Arun class lifeboat may make her look 'top heavy' to some eyes, but is the key to her ultimate stability and safety.. - View image in PDF
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