LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Emergency ST l__ if P hM i • NO other hand thrown rescue I mf aid can achieve the perform- *"" ' anceofB.E.LL B.E B.E.L.L.s are widely acclaimed for their throwability to enable direct contact to be made with the man...

Galway Bay. At 10.50 p.m. on i ith August, 1965, the local doctor asked for use of the life-boat to take an elderly man to the mainland for hospital treatment. As no other boat was available, the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her...

Less food, more money It has become a tradition that, at the end of the annual conference of the marketing and sales division of Ciba- Geigy UK, delegates are served a ploughman's lunch and the difference in price between that and the...

APRIL 20TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A steamer had struck a mine and had sunk within three minutes, but her crew were rescued by another steamer. - Rewards, £5 3s..

IT is ALWAYS pleasing to report that one of our Shoreline clubs has been actively involved in fund raising. Such a club is No 8 at Peterborough which, in conjunction with the local RNLI branch, ran a very successful SOS day in Ferry Meadows...

BEFORE the invasion of the Romans, York was one of the chief towns of the Brigantes, the most powerful of the British Tribes. By them it was known as Yure- Wic, and even at that time was a place of importance. The parent city is sup- posed...

Newquay, Cornwall. At 10.35 p.m.

on 4th July, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that one of two men being pursued by the police had run into the sea at Crantock and was swimming towards West Pentere. At 10.40 the IRB...

OVERDUE Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 2.47 a.m. on 26th August, 1965, the 28-foot fishing cruiser Gay Buccaneer was reported overdue on a passage from Southend to Wallasey Bay. Further inquiries were made and as there was no trace of the Gay...