LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
North East South East: the Naming of Humber Lifeboat September 10 and Newhaven Lifeboat September 18
THERE WAS MUCH that was unusual in the naming ceremony of the 54' Arun lifeboat City of Bradford IV on Saturday, September 10; but then, there is much that is unusual about Humber, her station. Isolated at the seaward end of a long...
Category: Inaugurations
With Thanks...
Nine-year-old Jennifer Stone of Onchan, Isle of Man, was determined to say 'thank you' to members of the Douglas lifeboat crew who rescued her last year when she and her uncle were cut off by the tide when walking along the shoreline... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Panther
THE GOODWINS SPARE A SHIP As described on page 126, the Goodwin Sands seldom spare vessels that run aground. But occasionally they are lucky. At 3.36 p.m. on 30th March, 1971, the Walmer honorary secretary picked up a message reporting that...
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ON the 15th of May, 1951, the Flam- borough life-boat went out to save a.
boy, fallen over a cliff.
For a full account of this service, and list of rewards, see page 205..
Wedding Donations
When Douglas and Pamela Smith, owners of the Stromness Hotel in Stromness. got married in November they decided to hold the reception in their own hotel! Already having a plentiful supply of 'candlewick bedspreads, toasters and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: Due to space restrictions we regret that only coxswains or branch and guild officers with a minimum of 10 years service will appear in this obituary column.
Obituaries...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Conceicao Maria
Walmer, Kent. — At 7.24 in the morning of the 6th of April, 1949, the coastguard reported that the South Goodwin Lightship had fired guns to warn a vessel approaching the sands.
A little later news came that she was aground...
On distant shores ...
The golden sands of The Gambia wasn’t a place where proud RNLI supporter Robert Painter expected to find lifeguards flying our flag …
'My wife and I have recently returned from The Gambia...
Category: Articles
(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
Category: Photographs
Walton and Frinton Lifeboat Makes the Christmas Run Out to Sunk Lightvessel on the Sunday Before Christmas Taking Fare Provided Mainly By Local Shopkeepers In 1
Walton and Frinton lifeboat makes the Christmas run out to Sunk Lightvessel on the Sunday before Christmas, taking fare provided mainly by local shopkeepers. In 1978 (left, above) Robin Davis, chairman of East Ham Round Table which funded... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs