LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
God Help Our Men at Sea!
GOD help our men at sea! In firelit, pictured rooms, 'mid wine and flowers, And gleesome company.
The wild winds awe us, in our blithest hours, To sigh this prayer; And, lonely, with clenched hands, at night 'tis...
Category: Poetry
Focus on Scarborough
WHEN I arrived at Scarborough, on the Yorkshire coast, night was falling. Down on the fish pier lights twinkled as the wind, the restless wind, tugged at lamp fittings. Sand, like powdered snow, drifted along the promenade, and the wind...
Category: Articles
Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication 1824-1974 St.Paul's Cathedral
IT is THE GLORY of St Paul's that it can embrace all the grandeur of national occasion and all the simplicity and friendliness of a parish service. The RNLI could have had no happier setting for its 150th anniversary service of...
Category: Articles
A Small Boat (5)
8th July.
A small boat had been stolen from Cleethorpes, and with three people on board was feared to be drifting out to sea. The boat was found and the life-boat recalled.—Permanent crew.
—Rewards,...
A Small Motor Yacht
Torbay, Devon.—3rd July, 1939. A small motor yacht had caught fire, but another yacht rescued the only person on board. A donation was received in gratitude for the launching of the lifeboat.
—Rewards, S.2 Ws..
One of the Last Naming Ceremonies Attended By Princess Marina Duchess of Kent
One of the last naming ceremonies attended by Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, was at Dover when the Faithful Forester was commissioned. Here Princess Marina comes ashore after inspecting the Dover boat on 26th July, 1967.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs J. Daniel,
JULY 1995 Mrs J. Daniel, president of St Ives ladies' guild. She was secretary from 1968 until her election as chairman in 1983, serving in this capacity until her presidency in 1993. Mrs Daniel was awarded a Silver badge in 1974, a Gold...
Category: Obituaries
Mrs Doreen Rash
Mrs Doreen Rash, better known as Doreen Wallace the author, is also a painter. Last July Mrs Rash, now in her 87th year, staged an exhibition of her unframed sketches at her home in Norfolk and by their sale raised £140 for Diss... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Reuben Wood
July, 1987 Reuben Wood, coxswain of Aideburgh lifeboat from 1958 until his retirement in 1978. He was second coxswain for nearly five years and bowman for one year. Coxswain Wood was awarded the bronze medal in 1972..
Category: Obituaries
An Aeroplane (10)
JULY 9TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. An aeroplane had come down in the sea off Milford-on-Sea, but no trace of her could be found. She is believed to have sunk with her pilot.-Rewards, £3 18s..