LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Metal Collecting Boxes: An Appeal
IT is impossible at present to get more of the small metal life-boat collecting boxes. Nor will it be possible to get them for a long time. Meanwhile the Institution has none. If any branches have boxes which they are not using, will they...
Category: Articles
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Two Fishing Cobles
While the fishing cobles were I out on the 3rd April the S.E. breeze increased and the sea became very heavy. Two cobles nearly foundered i when coming in, and as it was feared that the remainder would come to grief, the Life...
Louisa
While the fishing cobles were at sea on the 3rd May a strong wind sprang up from the S.E. Ail the boats managed to land in safety, however, with the exception of one named the Louisa, which had been delayed in hauling in her gear. As the...
A Steamer (6)
24th February. A steamer sent out an SOS, but cancelled it after the life- boats had left. The chief inspector of life-boats and the district inspector of life-boats were on board the Teesmouth life-boat. The life-boat crews at Runswick,...
Having Been Given a Monster Potato By a Customer the Landlord of the Sir Douglas Haig Effingham Rod Davis and His Wife Jean Held a Competition to Guess How
Having been given a monster potato by a customer, the landlord of The Sir Douglas Haig, Effingham, Rod Davis, and his wife, Jean, held a competition to guess how many bags of crisps could be made from it. At lOp a guess, £23.60 was soon... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Whitby's 'Codfish'
In connection with the photograph of the codfish collecting box at Whitby, which appeared on page 172 of the October issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, it has been pointed out that the photograph was taken by Mr. A. Greenwood, of York, and that the man...
Category: Articles
Volume Numbers
The volume number for the March and June, 1968, issues of THE LIFE-BOAT should stay at Vol. XL and the pages, beginning with the March, 1968, number, should run from 313 to 360 and with the June, 1968, issue from 361 to 408. It is proposed...
Category: Articles
Top Drawer:
Top drawer: Mike Peyton has published another book of his famous cartoons casting humourous light on yachting predicaments. Out of Our Depth (Nautical Books, £5.95) will touch a few raw nerves as well as causing plenty of chuckles. Mike...
Category: Drawings
Model of Barra Island Life-Boat
This model of a 52-feet Barnett boat was shown at the National Boat Show at Olympia and has since been sent to the International Exhibition at Brussels. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs