LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

. . . And a young son: Craig, the eldest son of Coxswain Fred Walkington of Bridlington, ready to take his place as one of the crew of the lifeboat float for the Bridlington Lions carnival last summer. The float won a cup and it also won... - View image in PDF

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The eight gold medals were presented to seven coxswains. They were Robert Cross, of The Humber, who won the gold medal twice, and also the silver medal, the thanks on vellum and the George Medal, and helped to rescue 244 lives; Henry Blogg,...

Skegness is a holidaymaker's town with tourism being by far the main industry. The winter population of just 15,000 rises to around 170,000 during the summer bringing major traffic problems - which can badly delay the crew on their way...

HARTLEPOOL.—On the 24th March the schooner Ann, of Colchester, was seen about 6 A.M. making for Hartlepool, apparently in distress. When she was within about 2 miles of the harbour the No. 3 Life-boat John Clay Barlow put off to her, and...

On the following morning the gale had somewhat moderated, after a terrible night; but the sea was still very rough.

At about noon the Dutch galliot Her- Iruder went ashore, and the Life-boat was again promptly manned, and...

Twenty-one of the fishing cobles were at sea on the 17th April when a heavy ground swell got up and increased as the tide ebbed, making it quite unfit for the cobles to take the harbour. Between 8 and 9 A.M.

the fishing...

BERWICK - ON - TWEED. — The ketch William Knox, of Kirkcaldy, coal laden, from the Tyne for Bonar Bridge, was seen running for the harbour while a freshbreeze was blowing from S.E. on the 9th February. On entering the river she was caught by...