LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 14th September the strong W.S.W.

wind, which had been blowing at Brid- lington, increased towards sunset to a strong gale. At about 7.30 P.M. it was reported that some of the fishing cobles trawling in the vicinity...

from page 203 Opening time approaches and already a queue of visitors is building up. Forward publicity, arranged by Don Harris, deputy national organiser, had resulted in announcements of the sale by two radio stations; it all...

SHORTLY before one o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th of March, 1959, which was Easter Monday, a 30-feet motor fishing boat with three people on board, who were returning from a pleasure trip, capsized at the entrance to Christchurch...

Over the years the RNLI's dependence on money left to it in legacies has helped keep the Institution buoyant, providing a regular backbone to the income raised by volunteers and Shoreline members and enabling it to build and maintain a...

HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Life-boat Algernon and Eleanor was launched at 1 P.M., on the 15th April, and stood by the fishing coble Guiding Star, of Hauxley, which had been overtaken by a very heavy sea. The other boats had landed, the...

AT half past nine on the evening of Saturday the 18th May, 1963, the Wells coastguard told the honorary secretary, Dr. E. W. Hicks, that a cabin cruiser was aground at the entrance to Blake- ney harbour.

The life-boat Cecil...

Despite force 8 gales which made their stock difficult to keep on thetable, the ladies of Ramsey's, IsleofMan, lifeboat guild made £90"at their street fair stall of souvenirs. Many people were attracted towards them by the... - View image in PDF

£22,000 from an Anonymous Donor.

A BANKNOTE for £1,000 sent in a regis- tered envelope with the message " One thousand pounds enclosed for the National Life-boat Institution," and then, underneath, "...