Around our iron-bound coasts wild waters rave, High revel holds the Storm King night and day; All honour, then, to those who dare to brave The rush and fury of his deadly sway! When seething billows toss their spumy crests, Lashed into...
Category: Poetry
How each £100 of die Institution's Expenditure was kid out in 1930.
£ s. d.
36 8 0 H ••— Construction and Repair of Life-boats, Carriages and Tractors.
16 0 0 — ...
Category: Accounts
THE Institution has received from the family of Mrs. Barber, of Haslemere, Surrey, who died in June at the age of 102, a gift of twelve guineas. - This gift is the response, from twenty-nine of her family and friends, to...
Category: Donations
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE Advertising pencils, superb ball pens, combs, brushes, each gold stamped Lifeboat name, etc., raise funds, quickly, easily. Bran Tub Toys: samples from, Northern Novelties, Bradford 2 (BD2...
Category: Advertisement
TROPHIES RACE SETS — MAINSAILS — DINGHYS — CUPS.
W. & E. Astin, 7 Westerley Lane, Shelley, Huddersfield.
Kirkburton 2368.
FUND RAISING FUNDRAISERS! ! ! FREE-Colour Catalogue of...
Category: Advertisement
At 10.38 p.m. on iyth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 999 call had been received from Skipsea reporting that two dinghies were unable to beach due to a heavy swell. After further enquiries had been made...
A 14-year-old girl was rescued by Morecambe lifeboat crew after being trapped up to her waist in mud for 90 minutes. Morecambe’s inshore rescue hovercraft crew, accompanied by a Coastguard rescue helicopter, headed to the scene, locating the...
Category: Articles
FEBRUARY 8TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. A northerly gale was blowing, with high confused seas and storms of snow and sleet when, at 2.30 in the afternoon, the Wick coastguard rang up the life-boat station to say that two miles to seaward of...
SPRING 2018 RESULTS
Congratulations to Mr WD Wilson from Dorset who won our first prize of £5,000 cash.
OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Mrs B Flippence, Essex
Category: Articles
Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...