LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Margaret is a lifeboat legend
‘She’s got more wrinkles than me!’ joked Margaret Paterson (pictured centre) on receiving her 100th birthday card from HM The Queen. Whether it’s down to good humour, good living or good works, the remarkably youthful centenarian is an...
Category: Articles
A Vessel (22)
JUNE 25TH. SALCOMBE, DEVON. The coastguard had reported a vessel in distress off Start Point, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £3 18s..
Inshore Lifeboat Services for December 1974 January and February 1975
Aberystwyth, Dyfed January 3.
Atlantic College, South Glamorgan February 1 and 2.
Beaumaris, Gwynedd December 8.
Broughty Ferry, Angus December 2.
Eastney, Hampshire...
Category: Services
Some Ways of Raising Money
Totton and District branch is organising no less than 12 fund-raising events in 1980, and has distributed its programme to 8,000 homes in its area. The first event, a jumble sale in February, realised £313. The branch received donations...
Category: Donations
Mary Woods of Test Branch
How many teddy bears does it take to buy a Neil Robertson stretcher? One hundred! Mary Woods of Test branch knitted and sold 100 teddies and paid for the stretcher now being used at Beaumaris lifeboat station. One obviously satisfied... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (96)
AUGUST 20TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea five miles N.E. of Winterton. The life-boat was launched at 1.54 P.M. and reached the position given at 3.10. There she saw and spoke to a...
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
LI. HASTINGS.—The Charles Arkcoll, 34 feet by 8 feet 3 inches, 10 oars.
" Thou old sea town, crouching beneath the rocks, Like a strong lion waiting for his prey— Where are thy river, harbour, and the docks, In which...
Category: Articles
People and Places
New Year's Honours Her Majesty The Queen has honoured the following for their services to the RNLI in this year's New Year Honours list: On Station The following lifeboats have taken up duty: ALL-WEATHER Blyth - Trent class 14-06 (ON...
Category: Articles
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FEBRUARY 8TH. - THE HUMBER , YORKSHIRE. A red flash or distress signal had been seen off Withernsea, but nothing could he seen or heard, and after six hours at sea during the night the life-boat returned.
- Permanent paid...
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JUNE 14TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
A light, thought to be a distress signal, had been seen, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 4s. 9d..