LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Five Pence a Bucket of Water Lop a Bag of Soggy Pig Food
Five pence a bucket of water, lOp a bag of soggy pig food. That was the going rate for tormenting poor Edward Childs, a crew member of Port Isaac lifeboat in the stocks during the station's annual Lifeboat Larks. Bob Young (far left),... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Father and Son Unite
son unite Clacton lifeboat crew were sorry to say goodbye to crewman and mechanic Dave Carvey as he reached the inshore lifeboat retirement age of 45.
However, there was some comfort for them in the arrival of another of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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NOVEMBER 25TH. - SENNEN COVE PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORN: WALL. After a naval and air battle in the Channel some ten miles off Wolf Rock Light, these three life-boats were asked by the coastguard to go out and search for survivors.
The S.S. Flimston (2)
MARCH 29TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
The life-boat rescued five men from the S.S. Flimston. For details see Hartlepool and Teesmouth, March 9th..
A New Assistant Secretary
MR. R. C. BAVERSTOCK, the Assistant Secretary and Establishment Officer, has retired after forty-four years in the service of the Institution. He is succeeded by Mr. S. M. Whorlow.
Mr. Baverstock was appointed Assistant...
Category: Committee
Classified Advertisements
Wordage: £5.50 per single column centimetre (minimum charge £16.50. NB: The minimum of 3cm takes about 45 words at 15 words per cm). With illustration: £12 per single column centimetre (minimum charge...
Category: Advertisement
Catherine and Ann
Filey, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 3rd of February, 1955, the coxswain re- ported that the local fishing coble Catherine and Ann was at sea. The weather was becoming worse, and at 12.15 the life-boat The Isa & Pennjn Milsted was launched...
Annual General Meeting. Life-Boatmen Were Honoured
Life-Boatmen Were Honoured During 1964 rescue craft of the Royal National Life-boat Institution received more service calls than in any year since the foundation of the Institution in 1824. This was reported by Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham...
Category: Meetings
Mr. S. E. Saunders, of Cowes
Mr. Samuel Edward Saunders, of Cowes, who died on 17th December, at the age of seventy-seven, was very closely associated with the building of the present motor life-boat fleet, first as head of his own firm, Messrs. S....
Category: Obituaries