LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Life-Boat Tale
Sound Services Ltd., Merton Park, London, who handle films for the R.N.L.I., said last year that following the loan of the film Part Time Heroes to Woodridge Junior Middle and Infants' School, Southover, North Finchley, London, they...
Category: Articles
The Crew of the New Arranmore Lifeboat
The crew of the new Arranmore lifeboat were able to demonstrate their skills to a large crowd at Killybegs, Co Donegal, during the town's festival last summer. An air-sea rescue display was staged involving a simulated trawler fire,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ten Hours of Non-Stop Magic
Ten hours of non-stop magic at the Moat House Hotel in Liverpool conjured up £1,800 for New Brighton lifeboat station last October.
Twenty members of the Mahatma Magic Circle, three of whom are pictured here (I to r)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Northern District Inspector
Lieut.-Commander S. C. Dickinson, R.N.V.R., who was district inspector in Ireland before the war, was appointed to the Northern District last April on returning from the Navy. During the war he took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk, was...
Category: Articles
Albion, of Beaumaris
The schooner Albion, of Bcaumaris, while at anchor about a mile and a half from the Life-boat station, on the 12th February, during a strong S.S.W. wind, hoisted a signal of disti'ess. The Life-boat Eleanor proceeded to her, and, at the...
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
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H.R.H. The PRINCE of WALKS, K.O.
PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES' AUXILIARIES—H.E.H. The PRINCESS or WALES: CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Eight...
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Ferry Exercise:
Ferry exercise: three lifeboat stations, Sheerness, Margate and Ramsgate, with helicopters from RAF Mansion took part in an exercise to evacuate a cross-Channel ferry on January 13 (right). The Sally Line ferry, made specially available by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sailing in memory
Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.
The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...
Category: Articles
Give it a go: Coastal sketching
Winter days may be short, but the coast is just as beautiful – and often more dramatic – in the colder months. Wrap up warm and get creative with Illustrator Jessica Hogarth
For Jessica, art began at home: ‘My coastal...
Category: Articles
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths.
MARCH 1988: Mr Tom Brown, honorary secretary of Ramsgate lifeboat station from 1974 until his retirement in 1979.
MAY 1988: Mrs Dorothy Smith, first...
Category: Obituaries