LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Storeyard's Children's Party
THE ninth Christmas Party, given to poor children by the staff of the Insti- tution's Storeyard at Broomfield Street, Poplar, with "the help of the Staff at Headquarters, took place on the 7th January, at the Bromley Public Hall.<...
Category: Articles
A Night Rescue By Torbay
AT 9.20 on the night of the 30th of January, 1952, the Brixham coast- guard saw flashing signals outside Torbay about four miles north-east of Berry Head. They were unread- able, but they seemed to come from a vessel which was making no...
Category: Services
Our Heroes
"Tis a terrible night, and the seas run mountains high, The wind is howling fiercely, with a dark and sullen sky; Eyes are aching and blinded with the driving sleet and rain, And thoughts turn to those who are going out, who may never...
Category: Poetry
Death of Two Scottish Coxswains. Walter Fairbairn, of Dunbar and Skateraw, and John Swanson, of Longhope
Walter Fairbairn, of Dunbar and Skateraw, and John Swanson, of Longhope.
THE Institution has lost, in one week, two very distinguished Scottish coxswains. Ex-Coxswain Walter Fair- bairn, of Dunbar and Skateraw,...
Category: Obituaries
1860: the Launching of Silloth's First Lifeboat Angela and Hannah And
I860: The launching of Silloth's first lifeboat, Angela and Hannah, and . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Denis Beeson Heft) and Margaret Bullen of Hunstanton and West Norfolk Branch
Denis Beeson Heft) and Margaret Bullen of Hunstanton and West Norfolk branch accept a cheque for £1,900 from Steve Chapman of Diglea Caravan Park in August 2001. The money was raised from the caravan park's fifth annual fun day,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Naval Officer's Gratitude
AT six o'clock in the morning on the 5th of December, 1947, the Bembridge motor life-boat, Jesse Lumb, went out to the help of a vessel firing signals of distress about four miles south-east of St. Catherine's Point. A gale was...
Category: Services
Elephant
The tubular life-boat was likewise the means of rendering good service to another shipwrecked crew on the 19th October.
During the previous night a very severe gale had swept over Liverpool and its neigh- bourhood, and...
Bucephalus, of Shields
On September 22nd, during a fresh breeze at E.N.E., a burning tar-barrel was observed at this station from some distressed vessel in the direction of the east end of the Goodwin Sands. The steam-tug Vulwm, with the Life-boat Bradford in tow,...
The Famous Partnership of Dulcie Gray (Centre) and Michael Dennison (R)
The famous partnership of Dulcie Gray (centre) and Michael Dennison (r) performed an anthology based on their careers and writings before an audience at Hazlewood Castle, North Yorkshire, last July. It is something they do every other year... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs