LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Three gold medallists were among those attending the dinner to mark the 21st anniversary of the Men of the Year A ward.

Left to right they are: Keith Bower, former second coxswain Torbay; Michael Scales, former coxswain of... - View image in PDF

Peterhead lifeboat crew on service Back Row: Jim Reid. Head Launcher; James Geary. Emergency Mechanic: Jimmy Anderson, 2nd Coxswain: Andy Brown. Coxswain: Bob Lee.

Mechanic/Radio Operator and Billy Proctor, Emergency... - View image in PDF

Awards to coxswains, crew members and shore helpers The following people were awarded certificates of service on their retirement in 2000.

* denotes coxswain Names in italic have served at least 30 years Names in blue have...

Morning . . .

A long, happv day for medallists and their families starts with a photographic session on the embankment outside the Royal Festival Hall . . . 1977: gold medallist Second Coxswain Keith Bower of Torbay arrives... - View image in PDF

Stronsay, Orkneys.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of January, 1957, the Kirkwall coastguard tele- phoned that the trawler Neath Castle, of Grimsby, had an injured man on board. She was being towed by the motor vessel Stoke...

Hands up: Keith Cook, an RNLI life governor, was at Aldeburgh lifeboat station last year when he came across this peculiar sight (left). Is it a particularly poignant appeal for funds or simply a case of all hands to the rescue?. - View image in PDF

Deaths Ken Boardman - Littlestone-on-Sea founding Honorary Secretary (LOM) and Station Chairman Tony Glaze MBE - former Burnham-on-Crouch Crew Member and Station Honorary Secretary (LOM) (see page 4) Peter Holness - former Corporate...

Two Life-boatmen of Montrose celebrated their golden weddings at the end of last year, Mr. David Anderson and Mr. George Pert. Both served for many years in the Montrose Life-boats, and are now pensioners of the Institution. Mr.