LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fisher Lass
Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 12.56 on the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing coble was flying distress signals off Tynemouth beach. The life-boat Isaac and Mary Bolton...
Scene 4
The rescue. The two men of the smack can be seen in the rigging. - View image in PDF
Photographs reproduced ty courtesy of H. Jenkins, Lowestoft, (For a full account of the service see page 491.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Surfboards
Surfer saved by D class in appal l|n g conditionsTramore's D class inflatable saved a surfer on 6 June lastyear in conditions which tested both the lifeboat and her crew to the limit.
In conditions which turned out to...
Dive for Treasure:
Dive for treasure: Members of the Hoyland Sub-Aqua Club raised more than £400 bv taking to drv land for a sponsored bed push from Hoyland to Barnsley. But to be true to their sport they decided the best place to present the cheque would... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
June
breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea and rain. The life-boat made for the position given, W. by S. 1/4S., 36 1/4 miles from Porthdinllaen Point. It was very difficult to see in the continuous rain and, when at midnight the life-boat...
Category: Services
Sir John Cumming
SIR JOHN GHEST GUMMING, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., died on the 9th of March, 1958, at the age of 89. He joined the Committee of Management of the Institution in 1921 and was appointed a Vice- President in 1932. He resigned from the Committee in 1956....
Category: Obituaries
Lenvick Sunday August 19 1979:52Ft Arun Lifeboat Soldian Manoeuvring Norwegian Fishing Vessel Fr^Yvarden Alongside Lenvick Harbour After Towing Her About 60 Miles to Safety Fr^Yvarden W
Lenvick, Sunday August 19, 1979:52ft Arun lifeboat So dian manoeuvring Norwegian fishing vessel Fr yvarden alongside Lenvick Harbour after towing her about 60 miles to safety.
Fr yvarden was disabled by a net round her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
House-To-House Collections
THE value of the house-to-house collection is well known to experienced Life-boat workers, as one of the simplest, most economical, and most effective methods of appeal. It is used with particular success in the North of England. When the...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Classified
LIFEBOAT CLASSIFIED HOLIDAY LETS CHILTERN COTTAGES We have four attractive old world cottages conveniently situated in Beaconsfield, Amersham and the Chilterns, togetherwith a modern Riverside Flat at Marlow on Thames Equipped for 3-5people...
Category: Advertisement
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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.