LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
During His Year In Office the Mayor of Kirkham Councillor Keith Beckett Offered His Services to Raise Money for Charity Not to Be Left Out Freckleton Rnli Branch R
During his year in office the Mayor of Kirkham, Councillor Keith Beckett, offered his services to raise money for charity. Not to be left out Freckleton RNLI branch roped Mr Beckett into visiting nine pubs in Kirkham last October, collecting... - View image in PDF
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Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 7. Major Herbert Edgar Burton, O.B.E., R.E., Hon. Superintendent of the Tynemouth Motor Life-Boat
No. 7. Major Herbert Edgar Button, O.B.E., RE., Hon. Superintendent of the Tynemouth Motor Life-boat.
No county in Great Britain has a finer record of Life-boat service than Northumberland. It was at Bamburgh, in...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
RYE, SUSSEX. — At daybreak on the 24th October, 1872, the Urgent, a barge, becoming unnavigable when off Jury's Gap, hoisted signals of distress, and commenced firing minute guns. It was blowing hard from the S.S.W., and a heavy sea was...
Category: Services
Two Small Yachts
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 6.45 oil the evening of Sunday, the 24th of Sep- tember, 1950, one of two small yachts off Kettleness Point, was seen to be in difficulties. The other was standing by. During the next thirty minutes, however, the wind...
3. a Sail Past of the Inshore Lifeboats.
3. A sail past of the inshore lifeboats. Photo Robin Sharp. - View image in PDF
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Shoreline
THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW at Earl's Court from January 4 to 14 was for us a memorable occasion because we were celebrating ten years of Shoreline. It was at the 1969 Boat Show that the first member of the original...
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(Below) David John Nelson Son of Assistant Mechanic John Buckland of Eastbourne Lifeboat and His Wife Joan and Horn on Trafalgar Day 1977 Was Christened By F
(Below) David John Nelson, son of Assistant Mechanic John Buckland of Eastbourne lifeboat and his wife Joan, and horn on Trafalgar Day 1977, was christened by Father Roy Cotton using the ship's bell of the former HMS Eastbourne as font.... - View image in PDF
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Your shout
You receive a letter from the RNLI, you open it and see ‘Invitation to attend a Special Visitor Day in Poole’. What should you do? Cancel, postpone or decline any other event on that same date! Why? So that you can experience a truly...
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The Beeching Model
THE famous life-boat model made by James Beeching of Great Yarmouth, which won the prize of 100 guineas offered by the Duke of Northumber- land in 1851 for the best design of a life-boat, can be seen today in the Municipal Museum of Science...
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The Eagle, of Llandudno
LLANDDULAS.—On the 30th July, at about 2 P.M., a disabled boat was discerned [ from this station, whilst it was blowing ; hard from the S.W. and a heavy sea j running. The Life-boat Henry Nixson \ No. 2, was launched as speedily as...