LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Glance at the War Services of the Life-Boats
As this issue of the JOURNAL probably comes before many of the head teachers of National Schools throughout the j United Kingdom for the first time, j and in view of their widespread co- j operation in the Prize Essay Competition, it seems...
Category: Services
The Eighth Annual Pram Race Organised By Michael White from the King's Head Public
The eighth annual pram race organised by Michael White from the King's Head public house in Sutton Valence, raised £450 for Maidstone Villages branch, photograph by courtesy of Kent Messenger. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lytham and Rhyl Life-Boats
The recent sad accidents at Lytham and at Rhyl, by the upsetting of the life-boats stationed at these two places, are so calculated to destroy confidence in all life-boat: among those unacquainted with the exact circumstances of the case,...
Category: Articles
Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) Act, 1880
PERHAPS Mr. Plimsoll, in the interest of Saving Life at Sea, has done no more useful thing than pressing on the atten- tion of Parliament the necessity for addi- tional precautions and legal requirements to prevent the shifting of grain and...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Exhibition In Manchester and Salford
THE life-boat exhibition which was given in London at the Charing Cross Underground Station in May and June of last year,1 was given this year for a fortnight in Manchester and a week in Salford.
The Manchester exhibition...
Category: Articles
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LIFE-SAVING COMPANY RESCUES TWO FROM CLIFFS Padstow, Cornwall. At six o'clock on the evening of the 17th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man and a woman were cut off by the tide at the foot of high...
Photos
THE RNLI was the beneficiary of the 1983 Newmarket Charity Race Day on Saturday June 25 when just over £13,500 was raised for the lifeboats. Although the morning began dull and overcast, by midday the cloud had dispersed and the sun... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
July
Launches 17. Lives rescued 7.
JULY 13TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At 5.30 A.M. the coastwatchers reported that a small boat was in distress about five miles S.E. of Oyster haven, and the motor life-boat City of...
Category: Services
The National Fire Service Float Gladys
JANUARY 3 1 ST AND FEBRUARY 1 ST. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 11 A.M.on the 31st of January the naval control reported that the National Fire Service float Gladys, lying half a mile west of the pier, was driving on to the sands, and at...
Children from Farndon County Primary
Children from Farndon County Primary school near Wrexham held a coffee morning and raised £266. The picture shows pupils with Richard Polden, deputy regional organiser for Wales and committee member Margaret... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs