LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Georgina and Northern Star
COBLES IN DANGER Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 1.43 p.m. on I3th January, 1965, the coxswain telephoned the honorary secretary that two local fishing cobles were at sea, and as a sudden gale had sprung up from the south-south-east and the...
Then and Now:
Then and now: The lifeboat house at Dun Laoghaire in the days of oar (above) and of outboard motors (right). In 1938 the boathouse ceased to be used by the RNLI and today's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat lies afloat in the harbour.
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Bluebell and Ebenezer
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 7.42 p.m. on 27th November, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that the fishing boat Bluebell had been towing another fishing boat the Ebenezer (which had no lights) when the tow rope...
People and Places
A TUNE FAMILIAR TO MILLIONS greeted Jan Harvey as she arrived at RNLI headquarters to draw the 33rd national lottery on April 30; it was the theme to Howard's Way, the BBC TV series in which she stars. Miss Harvey had kindly travelled to...
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People and Places
Poole lifeboat crew to the rescue!Poole lifeboat coxswain Steve Vince and his crew travelled the short distance from the lifeboat station to headquarters to draw the winning tickets of the 69th national lottery which took place on Sunday 30...
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People and Places
TV stars draw record breaking lottery Joan Hooley (Josie from EastEnders) and George Sewell (Matt Drayton in The Detectives) drew the winning tickets for the most successful Lifeboat Lottery ever on 26 January. The 92nd draw beat all...
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Littleover and Ilkeston Branches
Boxing clever: Les Brunskill of Alvaston, Derby, makes bird boxes and sells them for £2.50 each, all of which goes to the RNLI. He has made no fewer than 185 of them so far, at a total value of £462.50. He charges nothing for the... - View image in PDF
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People and Places
Gary makes a meal of it! When TV superchef Gary Rhodes was in search of an original culinary challenge for his latest television series, Alderney lifeboat crew cooked up a great idea. Having often enjoyed the hospitality of CROSSMA - the...
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John and Emma
8.45 A.M. on the 23rd July, the Coastguard reported that a Lowestoft smack was ashore on the north part of the Barrow Sands.
Coxswain Haylett at once assembled the crew and kept the smack under observation for some time...
Falkenstein and Portslade
Dungeness, Kent. At 9.8 on the morning of the 23rd of May, 1958, the honorary secretary was informed thata vessel was firing red flares a mile and a half west-south-west of Dungeness.
The crew assembled, but as...