LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Fishing Boat (1)
THURSO and WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEY.—A small fishing boat belonging to John O'Groats put to sea with two men aboard shortly before 6 A.M. on the 28th April, intending to return the same morning at about 10...
Dutchess & A Small Boat Belonging to Yorkgarth
On the afternoon of the 5th May Seaforth wireless station received a message that a schooner near Beta buoy wanted immediate help. News was passed to the life-boat stations and the New Brighton No. 2 pulling and sailing life-boat Anne Miles...
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations
Two life-boat stations celebrated the centenary of their foundation in 1958. One was the station at Ballycotton in County Cork ; the other was Hastings in Sussex.
The ceremony at Hastings took place on the 27th of July,...
Category: Articles
£5 By Benefit of Theft
WHEN thieves broke into the Whitby County Club at the end of last year and robbed the till of £5, they also took a life-boat collecting box containing £11 10s. The Prudential Assurance Company replaced not only the £5 taken...
Category: Articles
School Adopts Whitstable IRB
Following the sponsored walk last November, there was a presentation ceremony at Walford School, Ealing, early this year to hand over to the R.N.L.I.
a cheque for £1,017 11s.—the proceeds from the walk and other small...
Category: Correspondence
The Organisers of Hartlepool Harbour Day
The organisers of Hartlepool Harbour Day really know how to pull a crowd. This was the start last summer of the raft race as the numerous strangely clad contestants paddled past Teesmouth lifeboat. Also taking place that day was the now... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thats My Girl
Pictured above is Coxswain Malcolm Gray of St Davids lifeboat with his youngest crew member/daughter, Gillian, following the rescue of a fishing vessel last May.
There are a number of crews who consist of more than one... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Despite Force 8 Gales Which Made Their Stock Difficult
Despite force 8 gales which made their stock difficult to keep on thetable, the ladies of Ramsey's, IsleofMan, lifeboat guild made £90"at their street fair stall of souvenirs. Many people were attracted towards them by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Coxswain Stephen Clayson, of Margate
Coxswain Stephen Clayson, who died in July, 1937, at the age of eighty-four, had a distinguished career. He was bowman of the Margate life-boat for over seven years and coxswain for over twenty years. During that time the life-boats rescued...
Category: Obituaries