LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Photographs. At York, Bradford, Sunderland and Leeds
THE exhibition of life-boat photographs which has already been shown in London, Edinburgh and Birmingham has, during the latter part of the year, been on a tour of the North-East of England, and has been shown at York, Bradford, Sunderland...
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A Dinghy
Trapped under pier FOUR FISHERMEN in a 14ft dinghy, trapped among the girders under the central pier and being battered by the waves, were reported to the honorary secretary of Morecambe ILB station by HM Coastguard at 1458 on Sunday June 11...
Rnli National Lottery
THE NINETEENTH RNLI national lottery was drawn on October 29, 1982, by Lt-Col D. R. R. Storrie, commanding officer of the Royal Marines, Hamworthy, Poole. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution, and Anthony...
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Yarmouth's Arun Class Lifeboat Joy and John Wade
Yarmouth's Arun class lifeboat Jo and John Wade is pictured during a service to the Maltese-registered Ro-Ro vessel/4/A M'tff e/-/during the severe storms which swept the country on 28/29 October 1989. The photograph may not be of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Port Talbot Irb Going to the Aid of a Man Trapped Under a Capsized Dinghy. the Rescued Man Alongside the Irb Supported By the Swimmer. a Specially Equipped Swimmer Bringing to Safety
The Port Talbot IRB going to the aid of a man trapped under a capsized dinghy. The rescued man alongside the IRB supported by the swimmer. A specially equipped swimmer bringing to safety the rescued man.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. G. B. Dixon, of Walthamstow
By the death of Mr. George B.
Dixon, of Walthamstow, at the age of seventy-six, the Institution has lost one of its most valued honorary secretaries. He was appointed honor- ary secretary in 1923, and, in spite of the...
Category: Obituaries
M a Bigland (Preparations) Ltd
[Reliable oteable Logistical jnvaluable TALUS-MB-C and TALUS-MB-764 were designed and manufactured to meet the exacting requirements of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.
They are built and specially treated to...
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Y.L.A. Social Branches
NOW that the membership of the Y.L.A. is approaching 10,000 it is hoped to form social branches of the Association in different parts of the country. These will not be fund-raising branches but will provide an opportunity for members in a...
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Gundine (1)
LIFE-BOATS SMOTHERED IN OIL Stromnest, and Longbope, Orkneys.— At 7.34 in the morning of the 24th of August, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to the Stromness life-boat station that the Norwegian tanker Gundine, of Arendal, was...
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 7. Major Herbert Edgar Burton, O.B.E., R.E., Hon. Superintendent of the Tynemouth Motor Life-Boat
No. 7. Major Herbert Edgar Button, O.B.E., RE., Hon. Superintendent of the Tynemouth Motor Life-boat.
No county in Great Britain has a finer record of Life-boat service than Northumberland. It was at Bamburgh, in...
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