LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Naming Ceremonies
THIRTEEN new motor life-boats were named during 1952. Six were on the English coast, at Barrow-in-Furness, Clacton-on-Sea, Hoylake, Minehead, Padstow and Plymouth; four on the Scottish coast, at Aberdeen, Eyemouth, Gourdon and Whitehills;...
Category: Inaugurations
The S.S. Nebarn
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...
Then And Now
tHen AnD noW First-c lass service The RNLI has been an eyecatching subject for portrayal on stamps for decades. Here is a small selection from the past and a preview of a new set of stamps due to be issued on 13 March. you can order from an...
Category: Articles
The Fund Raisers
Some ways of filling the coffers… In brief...In brief...In brief.
BARRY YACHT Club donated £1,300 to Barry Dock branch chairman last November, £400 of which came from an RNLI 'levy' which the club includes...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat People
We are happy to announce that the following lifeboat people were awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee medals: Major General Ralph H. Farrant, CB, Chairman, RNLI, L. A. Austin, chief personnel officer, RNLI, A. W. Neal, deputy secretary...
Category: Articles
Gordon Stokes Chairman of Burton-On-Trent Branch Recently Received a Cheque for £410 from John Tester of Burton Diving Club the Money Had Been Collected Fro
Gordon Stokes, chairman of Burton-on-Trent branch, recently received a cheque for £410 from John Tester of Burton Diving Club.
The money had been collected from a crowd watching the diving club's annual raft race... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fundraisers
Gala brings history alive Two stars of the popular television series Heartbeat, helped draw the crowds at Whitby's lifeboat gala, over the weekend of the 29 and 30 July, when they performed a champagne launch on the town's restored...
Category: Articles
Virtuous, Just Reward, Good Way, Golden Gleam and Mary Jane
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 9.20 on the morning of the 27th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a number of Fraserburgh fishing boats had been caught in a violent northerly gale off Rattray Head. At 9.32...
New Ways of Making Money
After the maiden trip of the latest addition to Lowestoft's trawler fleet, Silverfish, owned by the Colne Fishing Co. Ltd., the owners gave the first kit of fish, one of selected plaice, to be auctioned for the Institution's...
Category: Donations
To Show That He Is Still Young at 60 Gordon Gav/Or Planned a Marathon of 12 Sports
To show that he is still young at 60, Gordon Gav/or planned a marathon of 12 sports which he had to complete within 12 hours. In order of performance, they were: glider flying, swimming, boxing, cycling, roller skating, accordion playing,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs