LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Freda and True Love
n the fishing cobles went to sea at about 5.45 A.M. on 15th March the weather was misty with a strong swell running.
With the flowing tide the sea increased until, at 8.30 A.M., it was decided to launch the Pulling and...
Tramore ILB was twice thrown clear by large breaking seas before the boy stranded on a rocky islet in Ronan's Bay
Tramore ILB was twice thrown clear by large breaking seas before the boy stranded on a rocky islet in Ronan's Bay could be reached. Helmsman Frank Partridge and crew members Mr David Kenneally and Mr Sean Walsh have all received the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown weighs-in: A seven-month-old golden cocker spaniel named Charlie Brown raised £377 for the Lakes Committee. His owner, Elizabeth Haworth of Windermere asked people to guess his weight in return for a 50p donation.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
REDCAR AND MIDDLESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
—The Redcar life-boat men having refused to work their boat, as they considered it was not large enough, a larger and more roomy life-boat has been supplied to them in its place. It is...
Category: Articles
A Boat
Two calls A RED FLARE was sighted off shore by the honorary secretary of Withernsea lifeboat station and a shore helper at 2025 on Sunday July 27, 1980. Maroons were fired and while the two men were preparing the D class inflatable lifeboat...
Mrs Jean Rose,
Mrs Jean Rose, president of Heworth ladies' guild since 1992 having previously served as founder chairman since 1968. Until 1945 she had been a member of the Port Rush committee in Ireland and after moving to England inthat year she...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Cornish
The S.S. Cornish Rose, of Liverpool, bound from Fowey to Preston, with a crew of nine, got into difficulties when about twenty-one miles north of Pendeen on the evening of the 6th December. Her fires had been extinguished by heavy seas, and...
I Had Loads Of Fun Taking Photos Of Paddington While On Holiday In Italy
Dear Editor I had loads of fun taking photos of Paddington while on holiday in Italy – although others on the beach thought me a little ‘eccentric’ to say the least. Best regards Mick Parker Competition Winner. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Dawn and Annette
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.14 on the evening of the 25th of June, 1958, the Foreland coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was anchored in a dangerous position in heavy seas half a mile south-west of Sandown pier. At 7.26...
Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N.
Retirement from the Post of Chief Inspector.
ON 14th August Captain Howard F. J.
Rowley, C.B.E., E.N., to the great regret of the Committee of Manage- ment and the officers and staff of the Institution,...
Category: Articles