LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Many small groups of people interested to hear about the work of the RNLI are only able to provide a projector for an 8 mm film. Unfortunately, as the demand is relatively small, the Institution cannot use its budget for the making of this...

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The Norwood and district branch of the R.N.L.I, launched in August the first issue of their newsletter Lifelines.

The newsletter contains the first of a series of articles on gold medal rescues, the inaugural one being an...

Through the death in the early summer of Mr. Eric H. Taylor, F.R.G.S., president of the St. David's branch of the R.N.L.I, and past secretary of the local life-boat station, the St. David's life-boat received donations in lieu of...

Blind eyes turn towards the sea, And through a mist of age and time A tiny speck which once a flame Pleads to answer loud maroons Which call 'Distress'. Gnarled hands, Hard as oak, shake, yet once threw Lines, and pulled an oar to...

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

Members of Bilton Cricket Club, Harrogate (left), completed a 65 mile bed push from their clubhouse to Filey lifeboat station during September.

Teams of six took turns to push and with an overnight stop half way they... - View image in PDF

The guests of honour at the annual RNLI coffee morning in Mayfield, East Sussex on 2 December 1995 were Keith Stevens, son of the stationmaster at Mayfield (in the days when they had a railway!) and now a member of the crew of the Selsey... - View image in PDF