LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Holy Island, Northumberland.—31st October, 1939. An observation balloon was seen floating in the sea, but it was picked up by a fishing coble.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
A Rowing Boat
29th Nov- ember. It was reported that a rowing boat had been seen in difficulties, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £17 3s..
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Moelfre, Anglesey.—23rd June. A boating accident had been reported in Cemaes Bay, but it was found that what had appeared to be a capsized boat was a shoal of porpoises.— Rewards, £10 5s..
From "Roundabout Horses."
THE Institution has received from a fair-ground in North London a gift of £2 sent to it " for the life-boat orphans," from the " steam galloping roundabout horses.".
Category: Donations
Mrs Dorothy Smith
MAY 1988: Mrs Dorothy Smith, first president of Skegness ladies' guild when it was formed in 1960, an office which she held until her death..
Category: Obituaries
Lifeboat Crew Gear
Lifeboat crew gear It costs more than £400 to kit out a lifeboat crew member in protective gear (the equivalent of 26 new Shoreline members).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Eardley Wilmot Bryan
• It is also with regret that we report the death of John Eardley Wilmot Bryan, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat coxswain/mechanic from 1967-76 and a member of the crew from 1956..
Category: Obituaries
A Fishing Boat (3)
MARCH 20TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the crew were able to repair it. - Rewards, £8 19s. 6d..
Two Aeroplanes
MAY 2 8TH. - DOVER, KENT. It had been reported that two aeroplanes were down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £2 10s..
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JANUARY 29TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE. Red flares had been seen, which it was thought might be from an aeroplane’s dinghy, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 1s. 6d.