LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Greater London.

Life-boat stand at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition at Olympia. (A special report will appear in the next issue.) BEXLEYHEATH.—Annual meeting on 28th October, Mrs. Ford Sadler, M.B.E., chairman,...

Blowing up a Storm The RNLI's Storm Force junior club will be known to a much wider audience now, following the naming of an InterCity 125 locomotive 'Storm Force' on Saturday 27 April.

The ceremony was held at...

At midday on 2 January 2002, RNLI lifeboats became operational on the River Thames. For the first time, the capital has a 24-hour dedicated rapid response service on its river. There are four lifeboat stations, at Gravesend, Tower Pier,...

Communities have naturally evolved on the coast due to their very proximity to the sea and the riches it brings. However, fluctuating demand, depleting natural resources and the discovery of new ones, have meant that coastal peoples have had...

Honorary Life-Governors The following have been appointed honor- ary life-governors of the Institution and pre- sented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent as President of the...

SEAHAM, DURHAM.—The seafaring popu-ation of this place having expressed a de- sire to have a life-boat, not only for the sake of assisting the crows of distressed vessels, but also that they might bo on- ! abled to help pilot and...

This series of descriptive articles on visits to life-boat stations was begun by Margaret Peter. It is being continued by Stephen Mogridge, who writes about Plymouth in the first of his contributions.

WITH the Navy watching...

Dear Editor Further to your recent rescue account from Appledore, I thought your readers might be interested in the attached.

We acquired Boarding Boat 132 in 1994 after nearly 30 years' service at Appledore lifeboat...