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The Right Spirit
Here is an example of the right spirit in giving to the Life-boat Service.
In response to a request for the renewal of a subscription, the Honorary Secretary at Henley received the following letter, with the subscription...
Category: Articles
"R.N.L.I."
AMONGST the spectators at the Thames Pageant was an old lady who, on the approach of the Life-boats bearing flags marked R.N.L.I., showed great excitement, and, turning to her companion,I said in a loud voice and with evident pride: "...
Category: Articles
Mr. Punch In 1919
THE THREAT 'Nah then, Augustus, just you keep in yer depth there, else you'll 'ave the life-boat after yer.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Proprietors of PUNCHOwing to Internal reasons the above gentlemen...
Category: Drawings
Life-Boat Days In 1938
DURING 1938 life-boat flag days were held by 772 of the 1,072 branches of the Institution, seven fewer than the record number of 1937. The amount collected on those days was £43,839 which was the largest total since 1930, and an...
Category: Articles
Figureheads Were a Feature of This Fishermen's Hut (Left) Which Once Stood Near the Harbour Mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. the Figureheads Shown Below Portray (Left to Right) William Iv, the Sailor
Figureheads were a feature of this fishermen's hut (left) which once stood near the harbour mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. The figureheads shown below portray (left to right) William IV, the Sailor King1; a woman who once adorned the bow... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Announcement
Announcement In this issue of THE LIFE-BOAT is an order form for R.N.L.I. Christmas cards and calendars and on page 175 details of new R.N.L.I. hand-made cuff-links and delectable R.N.L.I.
cook book mainly for the...
Category: Advertisement
The Latest 52Ft Arun Lifeboat
. . . the technical development of new lifeboats: (right) the latest 52ft Arun lifeboat, Duchess of Kent, the gift of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England and destined for the relief fleet. The CRp-hul/ed Arun is the largest and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Members of Wells Lifeboat Crew
Members of Wells lifeboat crew were invited to a special RNLI evening held by Cambridge Motor Boat Club. Here the club's commodore. Bob Foote (I), is seen presenting a cheque for £175 to Coxswain David Cox of Wells. His cousin, Crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helmsman Eric T Ward
Helmsman Eric T. Ward, St Ives, has been a member of the 35ft 6in Liverpool and then the 37ft Oakley lifeboat crew since 1964, serving as an emergency mechanic since 1980, and a member of the D class inflatable lifeboat crew since 1966; he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Robin Weedon
Robin Weedon (wearing cap) bicycled an exhausting 200 miles from his home in Enfield to Hayling Island and back to raise £400 in sponsorship for Hayling branch. He is pictured here at Hayling with Shore Helper Bill Longford, Freddy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs