LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1939
Greater London.
Life-boat day was held throughout Greater London on May 23rd. The amount raised was £8,132, an increase of £1,734 on 1938 and the largest sum for over twenty years.
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Category: Branches
Taking to the Road: (Below Left) Dennis Oates Appeal Secretary of East Ham Branch Has Painted a Lifeboat Scene on His Dodge Van Which He Uses for All Branch Fun
Taking to the road: (Below, left) Dennis Oates, appeal secretary of East Ham branch, has painted a lifeboat scene on his Dodge van, which he uses for all branch functions. (Below, right) Jeffery Dyson, a signaller in Rhyl crew (r), with the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Whitby No. 2 Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat on the Flooded Road Below Ruswarp Vicarage on Her Way to the Rescue of Two Women About Half a Mile Upstream
The Whitby No 2 Pulling And'sailing Life-Boat on the Flooded Road Below Ruswarp Vicarage On Her Way To The Rescue of Two Women About Half A Mile Upstream. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) a Guess-The-Weight Competition Run By Ley Tonstone Branch at a Hospital Fete Last Summer Raised £30 for the Lifeboat Service 'struggling'' to Lift the Bag (It Weig
(Below) A guess-the-weight competition run by Ley tonstone branch at a hospital fete last summer raised £30 for the lifeboat service. 'Struggling'' to lift the bag (it weighed 6 Ib) are two branch members, W. H. A.View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From St.Albans and District Comes News of the Opening In July of Salisbury Hall By Its Owner Walter Goldsmith In Aid of the Rnli In Foreground (Below) Two of Display
From St Albans and District comes news of the opening in July of Salisbury Hall by its owner, Walter Goldsmith, in aid of the RNLI.
In foreground (below) two of display of five lifeboat models made by John Gilbert, and a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) Weymouth Lifeboat the 52' Barnett Frank Spiller Locke Leaving Harbour at 1507 on Thursday June 12 to Help Four Canoeists Reported In Difficulty Off Bowleaze Co
(Below) Weymouth lifeboat, the 52' Barnett Frank Spiller Locke, leaving harbour at 1507 on Thursday, June 12, to help four canoeists reported in difficulty off Bowleaze Cove. The wind was gale force north-north-easterly, the sea rough... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When Grange Infants' School Invited Hartlepool Crew Members Les Pounder and Ron Latcham to Visit Them In July
When Grange Infants' School invited Hartlepool crew members Les Pounder and Ron Latcham to visit them in July it was to present them with a cheque for £712.58. The children had added up this impressive sum for the lifeboats with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) the Fishing Vessel Fidelity Lies Awash With Buckie's Arun Class Lifeboat Charles Brown Visible Behind Her
(Left) The fishing vessel Fidelity lies awash with Buckie's Arun class lifeboat Charles Brown visible behind her. - View image in PDF
Photo Tom Sankey. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Teddy Bear Picnic
Doreen Beste, Braunton and Croyde branch souvenir secretary, decided to raise funds for the Institution by holding a teddy bear picnic at her home.
Doreen and guests certainly got a surprise when her family from Tamworth... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
This Remarkable Scene Depicting Weymouth Lifeboat Rescuing a Man Off Portland Bill Is Made Entirely from Sand It Is the Work of Fred Darrington Whoas Now the Only
This remarkable scene, depicting Weymouth lifeboat rescuing a man off Portland Bill, is made entirely from sand. It is the work of Fred Darrington whoAs now the only sand sculptor in Weymouth and who made the sculpture for Wey mouth's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs