LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fourth Part of the World
The Fourth Part of the World
By Toby Lester
Review by Peter Bradley
In ancient times the Earth, placed at the centre of the cosmos, was known to have three parts: Asia, Europe and Africa....
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 11.20 in the morning of the 17th of April, 1948, the Royal Naval Signal Station at Nells Point telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed about one and a half miles south-east of the...
April
APRIL Launches 53. Lives rescued 40.
APRIL 1ST. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
At 1.30 P.M. a message was received from the Wyre Lighthouse that a ship’s lifeboat needed help. A moderate W.S.W. wind was...
Category: Services
Anstruther: After a Branch Dinner at 'The Cellar' In April Honorary Medical Adviser Dr Chris Brittain Presented First Aid Certificates to Ten Members of the Crew and Launc
Anstruther: After a branch dinner at 'The Cellar' in April honorary medical adviser Dr Chris Brittain presented first aid certificates to ten members of the crew and launchers; all who took the examination passed. Dr Brittain himself... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Boulmer Women
THE thirty-five women launchers of Boulmer were represented at the Annual Meeting by Miss N. Stephenson, the daughter of the Coxswain, and Mrs. B.
Stanton, the wife of the Second Coxswain. During their stay in London they...
Category: Articles
District Conferences In the North of England and London
CONFERENCES ! We live in an age of Conferences. Never have there been so many. They range over the whole field of human activity, social, political, economic and scientific. At one moment we see the representative statesmen of the world...
Category: Meetings
Oft-Spoken Stories
CALM is the ocean ; fair is the sky; Vessels are passing silently by; Sunbeams are gilding the waves with their glory; Peaceful the scene! 'Tis an oft-spoken story.
Foaming and breaking close to our feet, On the dark...
Category: Poetry
An Aeroplane (16)
MAY 1ST. - DUNGENESS, KENT. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and wreckage could be found. - Rewards, £21 6s..
The Fund Raisers
Runs for fun As part of their lifeboat day '85 Tighnabruaich and District guild organised a raft race fun run, when competitors had to wear fancy dress. The first prize was given to staff from the Royal Hotel who entered the race as...
Category: Articles
Mrs Ritchie Now An Honorary Life Governor of the Institution Is Welcomed Aboard the Gough Ritchie the Second Isle of Man Lifeboat She Has Donated By Coxswain No
Mrs Ritchie, now an honorary life governor of the Institution, is welcomed aboard The Gough Ritchie, the second Isle of Man lifeboat she has donated, by Coxswain Norman Quillin.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs