LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Our Lady
Hastings, Sussex. At 9.45 on the evening of the 25th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been observed five miles south-east-by-south of Fairlight. The life-boat M.T.C. was launched at 10.9 in a...
Porthcawl - Wales and West Mercia Division
Porthcawl - Wales and West Mercia Division In its literal translation from Welsh, 'port - cawl' means 'port of boiling broth' as the seaside resort faces brutal prevailing Westerly winds and currents - and the highest rise... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
4: She Is Kept on Even Keel With Balancing Poles Which Support Her While She Is Hauled on To
4: She Is Kept On Even Keel With Balancing Poles Which Support Her While She Is Hauled On To. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Putting global drowning on map
The lifeguards Mr and Mrs Painter met in The Gambia were among 30 amazing volunteers trained there by the RNLI in 2013.
The Gambian lifeguards also received some basic rescue equipment from the...
Category: Articles
Rescue In Ribble Estuary
THE THANKS of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to Coxswain Harold Parkinson and Mr. Kenneth Smith, of Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire, for a shore boat service in which they saved a yacht and two...
Category: Services
Your Letters
Donations sewn up I was interested to read the letter in the Summer issue, 'Donations in lieu of reward.' This is a scheme I have operated for some time now, I have been involved with sewing machines most of my life and operated a...
Category: Correspondence
(Right) Mrs Henrietta Sittett was at her usual post,
(Right) Mrs Henrietta Sittett was at her usual post, outside Botchins the butchers in St John's Wood; now 80 years old, she has collected regularly since I960 and this year she brought in £26.49 in spile of biting winds. But... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs