LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue By An Honorary Secretary
ON the afternoon of 1st July, in a southerly gale with a very heavy sea, a small yacht, with its owner on board, ran ashore near Fleetwood, at the entrance to the channel. Councillor C. E. Tatham, Honorary Secretary of the Blackpool Branch...
Category: Articles
Co-operative Funeralcare
Funeral Pre-Payment Plan from Co-operative Funeralcare It's always a good idea to plan ahead and with a Funeral Pre-Payment Plan from Co-operative Funeralcare, you can do just that. There are three funeral packages to choose from or you...
Category: Advertisement
In Memoriam. Admiral John Ross Ward
BY the death, which took place on the- 23rd June last, of the late Admiral WARD „ in his 77th year, the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION has lost a good friend and a devoted officer. From the time he joined the Committee in February 1852...
Category: Obituaries
A Gift from Swedish Lloyd
ON the morning of the 25th of May the Swedish Lloyd Steamship Com- pany's new steamer, the 7,700 ton Patricia arrived at Tilbury on her maiden voyage from Gothenburg. She then came up the Thames to the Pool of London, and lay at New...
Category: Donations
Lifeboat Transporting Carriage. (With Tipping's Wheelplates.)
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
Bridlington: on the Morning of November 27 1975 Bridlington Lifeboat the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King Stood By With Drogue Streamed While a Coble and Ten
Bridlington: On the morning of November 27, 1975, Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King stood by, with drogue streamed, while a coble and ten motor fishing vessels entered harbour. The wind was southerly strong... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Standing By
The Dover motor life-boat and the ss. Ardgantock with a heavy list. (See next page.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Clutching Her Pooh Bear Laura Glover
Clutching her Pooh bear Laura Glover prepares to take part in the annual Pooh sticks race held on the bridge at Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire in January. In spite of rain and wind, 240 adults and children took part in the race, held over a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New £70,000 Life-Boat
With the building of a 48 foot 6 inch steel-hulled life-boat the Royal National Life-boat Institution has introduced a new class of boat into the service. A life- boat of this type was shown to the press at Southampton on 17th July, 1969.<...
Category: Articles
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Swim between the flag You'll hear again and again from RNLI Beach Lifeguards: 'Always swim where there is a lifeguard on patrol and stay inside the area marked by the red and yellow flags.' On a sunny day at Perranporth, Cornwall...