LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Strathbeg
HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. — Signals were heard on the morning of the 10th February proceeding evidently from a vessel on the northern part of the island. The weather was thick, snow was falling, the wind was blowing from N.E. a moderate...
Peter Jones China
HEROIC. Help us to raise £5000 fortheRNLI •WT.CE HORSLEY DARn The reverse of the mug The Grace Darling Mug Honouring one and a half centuries of heroism at sea.
Now a legend forever - Grace Darling faced a wild and...
Category: Advertisement
Colleen
At 10.30 P.M.
on the 13th August the Coxswain received a message that a small yacht with two men on board was' in distress in the bay. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing with a rough sea and heavy...
The Fundraisers
Drinkers go over the limit! Publicans and pub customers throughout south east England contributed to a £15,000 donation presented to the RNLI at Margate lifeboat station. Jonathan Neame, director of Kent brewers Shepherd Neame, handed...
Category: Articles
Following the Example of Henley-On-Thames Branch
Following the example of Henley-on-Thames branch (THE LIFEBOAT, winter 1981/82) Lymington branch held a car boot sale last August Bank Holiday Sunday in Lymington Town Hall car park. Cars were charged at £4 each, with no charge to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr Frederick Brooks MBE
Mr Frederick Brooks MBE, chairman of Hayling Island branch from 1970, later becoming president. In 1977 Mr Brooks became chairman of the station branch committee. He was awarded a RNLI statuette in 1981 and also the MBE for his services to...
Category: Obituaries
MAYDAY FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL
Following a fantastic reception last year, the RNLI College's Mayday Food Festival returns to Holes Bay in Poole, Dorset on April 30. The foodie festivities kick off a month of fundraising with our pick of local and artisan delights,...
Category: Articles
Central Appeals Committee
THE YEAR OF THE LIFEBOAT' continues to show excellent support for the various Central Appeals Committee's projects.
The Civic Heads Appeal has so far resulted in over 120 local authorities in England and Wales...
Category: Committee
Donald Searle
Seventeen saved from 75ft yacht aground in gale and 20ft breakersTwo Hayling Island lifeboatmen, Roderick James and Frank Dunster, have been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for their part in the rescue of 17 people from a 75ft yacht...
A Small Boat
12th October.
A boy had drifted out to sea in a small boat but was picked up by a passing steamer.—Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..