LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 30th June, 1955 - - 79,260 Notes of the Quarter H.R.II. THE DrKF. OF attended...
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The Great Exhibition of 1851: The Festival of Britain 1951
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 153 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to April 30th, 1952 77,697 The Great Exhibition of 1851: The Festival of Britain 1951 IN 1851 a...
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A Rugger Match (Below) Between the Golden Hart Irresponsibles and the Floating Bridge Sludgers Was One of the Uproarious Events By Which West Country Watney Ta
A rugger match (below) between the Golden Hart Irresponsibles and the Floating Bridge Sludgers was one of the uproarious events by which West Country Watney taverns and innkeepers raised money to pay for radar and DF aboard Yarmouth's... - View image in PDF
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Sons of the Wear
BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. — On the 23rd September, at about 1 A.M., a southerly gale suddenly sprang up, increasing in violence until about 3 o'clock, when it became very severe. A large fleet of fishing-boats which had gone out during the...
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats have beaten their previous record by col- lecting £203 11s. lOd. at the quarterly road exercise and launch of the life- boat. Their previous highest total was £199 in 1931. This was their thirteenth...
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The Life-Boat.—By E. Duncan
JOURNAL.
From Once a Week—New Series.] THE LIFE-BOAT.—BY E. DUNCAN..
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The Birthplace of Life-Boats
Tins year South Shields, where the first life-boat was built in 1789, cele- brated its centenary as a county borough. As part of the celebrations the Mayor and Mayoress, and members of the Council, went out in the Tyne- mouth life-boat...
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The Sale of Table Lamps Made By Mr a W Hawkes of Ipswich Has Now Passed the 300 Mark a Note About His Lamps Appears on This Page
The sale of table lamps made by Mr. A. W. Hawkes, of Ipswich, has now passed the 300 mark. A note about his lamps appears on this page.. - View image in PDF
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Notes of the Quarter
WITH THE placing of an order for two new steel life-boats, the first of their kind, the R.N.L.I.'s major programme of new construction has been significantly advanced. The two new boats, which are each 50 feet in length, are being built...
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The Oldest Collector?
The oldest collector? Mr Frank Gay, aged 102, is a keen supporter of the RNLI and has been collecting at his block of flats in Liss, Hampshire for the past 12 years. A master baker, he was still baking and icing cakes for friends and... - View image in PDF
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