LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Destroyer H.M.S. Walrus
Teesmouth, and Scarborough, Yorkshire.
—At 4.20 P.M. on the 12th February, 1938, a request was received from the coastguard at Whitby for the motor life-boa.t J. W. Archer, as the destroyer H.M.S. Walrus had broken from her...
The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was paid out in 1949.
£ s. d.
32 9 0 _ _ ___i— _ New Construction.
39 9 10 _» _M _ B« M.I __-...
Category: Accounts
The Institution's Income at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1950.
£ «. d.
18 7 6 M. _M _HM Subscriptions, Dona- tions, Collecting, Boxes.
11 10 8 _ _...
Category: Accounts
The S.S. Firethorn
STEAMER ABANDONED IN HEAVY SEA Barrow, Lancashire.—At 10.35 on the night of January llth, 1947, informa- tion was received, through the Hoylake coastguard, from the Morecambe Bay Light-vessel, that a vessel was in distress, and the motor...
An Angling Boat
Injured angler A RED FLARE in the Bracklesham Bay area was spotted at 1005 on Sunday, December 7, 1986 by Hayling Island Crew Member Graham Raines, who advised Solent Coastguard. The station honorary secretary agreed to alert the crew and...
The New Experimental Irb Stationed at Lyme Regis Which Is Referred to on Page 52 Was Built at Atlantic College In South Wales the Boat Has a Five-Compartment 20-Inch
The new experimental IRB stationed at Lyme Regis, which is referred to on page 52, was built at Atlantic College in South Wales. The boat has a five-compartment 20-inch diameter special tube made by Messrs. Dunlop and is fabric strip glued... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. W. Fortescue Barratt, Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
Mr. W. Fortescue Barratt, the Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, died suddenly on March 26th last, at the age of 73. He had spent the greater part of his life as a civil servant in the Exchequer and Audit Department of...
Category: Obituaries
Ladies of Reigate and Redhill Guild
Sherry and mince pies are a recipe for success, as the ladies of Reigate and Redhill guild proved when they made them the object of a partv held in Reigate Town Hall last November. It look no more than two hours to raise £825 from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
There Are 199 Steps Up Church Stairs In Whitby
There are 199 steps up Church Stairs in Whitby and Mrs Eileen Whittingham (above) climbed them all last May. Her effort was considerably more than it sounds because she carried it out on artificial limbs, her legs having been amputated... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marathon Cheques
Kennet Valley sailing club ran a ten hour marathon sailing relay in aid of the RNLI and a local hospice last summer. Friends and relatives of the crews were persuaded to sponsor them for the number of laps of the 'gravel pit' they... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs