LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A New View of the Life-Boat Service
A COPY of a firm's catalogue of tools and machinery has been received ad- dressed to the Institution's " Machinery and Drowning Department.".
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Forty Years of Motor Life-Boats
IT was .in 1904 that, as an experiment, the first petrol engine was fitted in a pulling and sailing life-boat. It was an engine of 10 horse power. Two years later three other sailing life-boats were fitted with larger engines. The experiment...
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Mrs V R Davison Chairman of Sunderland Ladies' Guild 'Fits' a Jersey to William Milburn Coxswain of Sunderland Lifeboat When the Crew Needed New Jerseys the Ladi
Mrs V. R Davison, chairman of Sunderland ladies' guild, 'fits' a jersey to William Milburn, coxswain of Sunderland lifeboat.
When the crew needed new jerseys, the ladies' guild gave tubes of Smarties to... - View image in PDF
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Bonnie Lass and Good Design
IN THICK FOG North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At noon on the 16th of July, 1947, with a very thick fog, the Seahouses coast- guard reported that he could hear men shouting, a klaxon sounding and a bell ringing, about a...
Annual Report
AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday the 17th day of March, 1859, The Right Hon. SIR JOHN S. PAKINGTON, Bart., First Lord of the Admiralty, in the Chair, The following...
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A Breezy Day In Barmouth As the Station's Mersey Class Moira Barry Comes Alongside. Neither Rain Nor Wind Could Dampen the Enthusiasm and Ashore Colourful
A breezy day in Barmouth as the station's Mersey class Moira Barry comes alongside. Neither rain nor wind could dampen the enthusiasm and ashore colourful umbrellas vied with the bunting!. - View image in PDF
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Below: a Rail Traveller Reaches for His Wallet Urged on By Brian Johnston, the Broadcaster, Whowas Collecting for the RNLI at Paddington Station.
Below: A rail traveller reaches for his wallet urged on by Brian Johnston, the broadcaster, whowas collecting for the RNLI at Paddington station. Photo The Times. - View image in PDF
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Titia
On the morning of the 9th December the coast- guard telephoned that a motor vessel was driving ashore just south of the pier. A S.S.W. gale was blowing and a very rough sea was running. The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. put out at 9.50 A.M. and...
Last Year the Braunton and District Branch of the RNLI In North Devon Organised a Number of Efforts the First Being a Raffle Involving a Model Tug Made By An Appledor
Last year the Braunton and district branch of the R.N.L.I, in North Devon organised a number of efforts, the first being a raffle involving a model tug made by an Appledore man. It raised during the summer over £60. Picture shows Mr. A.... - View image in PDF
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Family Life at Spurn Head So Far from Civilisation Is Very Important and the Children Are Constantly Remembered Here Father Christmas Arrives With Gifts Greeted Hy Som
Family life at Spurn Head so far from civilisation is very important and the children are constantly remembered. Here Father Christmas arrives with gifts greeted hy some of the youngsters.
by courtesy of 'Yorkshire... - View image in PDF
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