LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Bridge Marathon Held In March at the Home of Mrs Hilda Henshall Raised £71469 for the Rhosneigr Section of Holy Head Ladies' Guild
A bridge marathon held in March at the home of Mrs Hilda Henshall raised £714.69 for the Rhosneigr section of Holy head ladies' guild. The players, who kept going for just over 24 hours (to complete the last game!), present the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain Daniel Kirkpatrick, of the Longhope, Orkneys, life-boat T.G.B., who was lost with his crew on the night of 18th March, 1969, while on service (see page 594). He was awarded his first silver medal in 1959for saving 14 from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ian Beavis Vice-President of Newport Branch Just Before Setting Off
Ian Beavis, vice-president of Newport branch, just before setting off for a sponsored swim from Egvpt Point, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, to Lepe on the mainland. The twomile swim, during which Ian was escorted by his brother Donald in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Galilee and other Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 10.15 a-mon nth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that conditions were deteriorating on the bar and harbour approaches and that the oldest boat in the local fleet was approaching the harbour....
Death of Two Honorary Workers. Mr. C. A. Myers, of Lytham, and Ex-Lord Provost Longair, of Dundee
Mr. C. A. Myers, of Lytham, and ex-Lord Provost Longair, of Dundee.
THE Institution has lost two old and valued friends by the death of Mr.
Charles Arthur Myers, of Lytham, Lancashire, and ex-Lord...
Category: Obituaries
A Book of Flags
(Oxford University Press, 15s.) ADMIRAL CAMPBELL and Mr. I. O.
Evans, who has done much valuable and voluntary journalistic work on behalf of the Life-boat Service, have compiled an exhaustive and fascinat- ing book about...
Category: Articles
Three Oyster Skiffs -The Gertrude, Gladstone, and Shah
SWANSEA.—At 8 o'clock on the night of the 29th April, three oyster skiffs— the Gertrude, Gladstone, and Shah—were observed from the shore to be in distress off the Mumbles Head. The force of the gale had carried away their spars and...
Wheelbarrow Instead of Car.
The chairman of Rickmansworth and Croxley Green branch writes about her flag day: "We had beautiful weather. The sellers were all very keen. The result, £132, is more than last year. My wheelbarrow came in yery useful in delivering...
Category: Articles
The Liberian Cargo Ship Irene Aground on South Ronaldsay Orkney. It Was Her Call for Help Which Led to the Longhope Life-Boat Being Called Out. the Irene's Crew Were Resc
The Liberian cargo ship Irene aground on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. It was her call for help which led to the Longhope life-boat being called out. The Irene's crew were rescued by coastguards.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. T. L. Cloudsdale, Fireman of the Trawler, Tenby Castle. Silver Medallist
Mr T L Cloudsdale Fireman of the Trawler Tenby Castle Silver Medallist. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs