LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ON 21st November last, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., paid a special visit to Scotland, as President of the Institution, to attend a Scottish National Life-boat Assembly in Edinburgh and a Life-boat Ball, on the same day, in...

THE life-boat service can look back with both satisfaction and gratitude on the year 1963 as a whole. Life-boats saved no fewer than 354 lives; the new inshore rescue boats saved 10 lives, and 224 lives were saved by shore- boats in services...

North-West of England.

A CONFERENCE of Life-boat workers was held at Southport on the 10th April.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Southport (Councillor and Mrs. John Brook) welcomed the delegates, and the chair...

OWING to the very large number of services early in the year it is possible to include in this number of The Life- boat the accounts only of those reported to the February and March meetings of the Committee of...

To JOHN B. MCLEAN, on his retirement, after serving for 16J years as coxswain of the Peterhead life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service, gratuity and a retirement allow- ance.

To BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, on his...

DURING the summer eleven new motor life-boats have been named : In Eng- land, at Boulmer (Northumberland), Cromer (Norfolk) two boats, Cullercoats (Northumberland); in Scotland, at Eyemouth (Berwickshire), Fraserburgh (Aberdeenshire),...

WE left behind the painted buoy" That tosses at the harbour-mouth; And madly danced our hearts with joy, As fast we fleeted to the South; How fresh was every sight and sound On open main or winding shore ! We knew the merry world was...

The Presentation of Gold Medals and Addresses of Congratulation to the Institution.

AN International Conference on the World's Life-boat Service was held, in connexion with the Centenary of the Institution, on 1st and...