LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Phaedra
30-mile tow to safety for yacht adrift among rigs The rescue of two people from a yacht kept Cromer's Tyne class lifeboat at sea for 12 hours in winds of up to Force 9 on 28 September 1988. More than nine hours were spent towing the...
Lifeboat People
WITH deep regret we announce the death on January 24 of Mrs Patricia Rickard.
Mrs Rickard (left) had worked for the RNLI since 1961, was a member of the London ladies' bridge committee and six years ago founded the...
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Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1971
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1971 Less: Proceeds from sale of boathouse BALANCE MET FROM (1970 TRANSFERRED TO) RESERVE FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (Notes 1 and 6) 1971 INCOME Subscriplions, Donations, etc.<...
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Book Corner
0 Shipwreck by Vcra Cumberlege (Andre Deutsch, 95p) is a very well illustrated children's book. Young Jim knew he would never forget the day his father and the rest of the life-boat crew rowed out to a wreck for the last time before the...
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GIVE IT A GO: BEACHCOMBING
Mermaid’s purses, pelican feet, hag stones – would you recognise these on the beach? Beachcomber and RNLI volunteering champion Debbie Corke gives us her tips for coastal finds
This summer, you’ll probably be spending some...
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Life-Boat Saturday Fund
FOR the last four months the Life-boat Saturday Committees and Ladies' Auxiliaries have been busily endeavour- ing to maintain in 1902 the grand record of net receipts obtained by the Fund throughout the United Kingdom last year for the...
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Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: OCTOBER 1993 Mrs E. Hill, honorary secretary of Gourock ladies' guild from 1954 to 1974. She was awarded a Silver badge in 1964 and a Gold badge in 1975.
Mrs Sheena Luke,...
Category: Obituaries
Himalaya
MORAY FIRTH, NAIENSHIRE. —Telegrams were received from Burghead and Findhorn, on the 13th August, to the effect that a barque was ashore between Findhorn and the Old Bar, beyond the reach of the rocket apparatus. The Caulfield and Ann...