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Bridlington, Yorkshire, Life-Boat Crewman Fred Walkington (Right) Bringing Ashore a German from the Pipe-Laying Barge Eider Who Had Received Head Injuries In a Gale. Below, the Bridlington Life
Bridlington, Yorkshire, life-boat crewman Fred Walkington (right) bringing ashore a German from the pipe-laying barge Eider who had received head injuries in a gale. Below, the Bridlington life-boat—a 37-foot Oakley—heading out into a 100... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kinghorn April 5 1986:
Kinghorn, April 5, 1986: Dr R. M. L. Weir (1), honorary secretary and Mr Steve West, representing the Co-op in Scotland, shake hands in front of the station's new 17ft 6in in C class inflatable lifeboat on the day of her official... - View image in PDF
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A Glider
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 4.55 in the afternoon, on the 25th of April, 1950, the Walton coastguard telephoned that a man could be seen waving on what appeared to be a submerged aero- plane between one and two miles south- east of...
Blue Peter I I I the Present 16' D Class Inshore Lifeboat on Summer Exercise Crew Members Are Out on Exercise Every Sunday Morning from the Beginning of April Until The
Blue Peter I I I , the present 16' D class inshore lifeboat on summer exercise. - View image in PDF
Crew members are out on exercise every Sunday morning from the beginning of April until the end of October.. - View image in PDF
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News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1936
Greater London.
Life-boat day was held in Greater London on 19th May, carried out by ninety-two branches. The amount raised was £5,046, an increase of £138 on 1935.
The challenge shield for...
Category: Branches
Dr. E. H. Sears, of Minstead, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Is Well Known to the R.N.L.I, for His Life-Boat Paintings. He Has Exhibited and Sold Pictures at Exhibitions Run By the Royal Society of Marine Arti
Dr. E. H. Sears, of Minstead, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, is well known to the R.N.L.I, for his life-boat paintings. He has exhibited and sold pictures at exhibitions run by the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Kent President of the Institution Visited Stornoway Barra Island and Mallaig on Thursday October 2 Meeting Crew Members and Their Families As Well As Station Branch Officials And
The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, visited Stornoway, Barra Island and Mallaig on Thursday October 2, meeting crew members and their families as well as station branch officials and committee members of fund-raising branches and... - View image in PDF
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News
By the time this issue of theLifeboat reaches you, coastal hovercraft trials will have been completed as part of the RNLI's hovercraft pilot scheme.
Following successful results from initial trials at Poole, the 7.6m...
Category: Articles
Ramsey Celebrated Its 150th Anniversary on June 17 1979 With a Service of Thanksgiving and Re-Dedication of Its Lifeboat James Ball Ritchie and the Lifeboathouse Photograph By Courtesy of 'Is
Ramsey celebrated its 150th anniversary on June 17, 1979, with a service of thanksgiving and re-dedication of its lifeboat, James Ball Ritchie, and the lifeboathouse.
Photograph by courtesy of 'Isle of Man... - View image in PDF
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Feature Expansion and Consolidation
The Life-boat journal was first published at a time of immense change for the Institution. In an extract from his book Riders of the Storm, Ian Cameron recounts some of the major events from that period of the RNLI's history.The...
Category: Articles