LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Keith and Nigel Pask Decided to Clear Out Their Toy Cupboard and Set Up a Mini-Market
Keith and Nigel Pask decided to clear out their toy cupboard and set up a mini-market in the garage of their house in Banbury, Oxfordshire. They invited school friends to come and buy and at the end of the day had taken £19.50 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats In March, April and May, 1951. 79 Lives Rescued
DURING March, life-boats went out on service 45 times and rescued 10 lives.
A LISTING TANKER New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 7.18 on the night of the 1st of March, 1951, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board tele- phoned that the S...
Category: Services
Rugged In the Extreme Caithness Lifeboat Stations: Thurso and Wick By Joan Davies
In winter, on ten to fifteen days out of every month, winds will blow at force 7 or above around the north-eastern tip of Scotland. The waters of the Pentland and Moray Firths are some of the most notorious in the world. The mainland...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: Nov 28, Dec 14 and 28 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun ON 1100: Dec 2, Jan 12 Aldeburgh, Suffolk Relief D class: Nov 24 and Decl Alderney, Channel Islands 44ft Waveney ON 1045: Nov 2,13, Dec 11 and 12 Angle,...
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JULY 24TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea. Another aeroplane and a motor boat joined the life-boat in the search, but nothing could be found and no aeroplane was reported as being missing. -...
Lifeboat Services
The Lifeboat Relief Atlantic 75 (B705) The Vera Skilton The Crew Tfignks on Vellum Helmsman Wayne Martin for his 'boat handling skill.
judgement and leadership.' '...[he] handled the Atlantic 75 expertlv...'...
Category: Services
(Above) 'It's a Bit Big Mum!'
(Above) 'It's a bit big Mum!' The competition to dress up in lifeboatman's gear is always popular - even if the stores can't supply quite the right size.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Willowbrook
A Willowbrook reclines, relaxes, lifts and massages...
Endorsed by Harley Street Orthopaedic Consultant all at the A Willowbrook powered recliner combines day-long comfort, elegance and style, while the optional massage...
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Accounts of Services by Life-boats (6)
JULY
Launches 47. Lives rescued 31.
JULY 5TH - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 7.20 P .M. the coastguard reported two men were in danger on a-piledriver at Milford-on-Sea. A moderate squally S.S.W. gale was...
Category: Services
Line Throwing Gun at Naval Display
A TOURNAMENT and Display, organized by the Naval, Military and Air Force authorities at Portsmouth, was held on Southsea Common during the first fort- night of August. It was on the lines of the Naval and Military Tournament at Olympia, and...
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