LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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19th October.
A vessel had been reported ashore, but could not be found. One of the life- boatmen was washed overboard, but rescued.—Rewards, Thanks of the In- stitution inscribed on vellum, letters of thanks, and £l...
Birthday Honours
HONOURS bestowed on those associated with the Life-boat Service in the Birthday Honours for 1958 included :— C.B.E.
Brigadier J. W. H. Gow, O.B.E., D.L., a member of the Committee of Management and chairman of the Glasgow...
Category: Articles
French Life-Boats
THE Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages, the French life-boat society with headquarters in Paris, no longer has pulling and sailing life-boats in its fleet, as mentioned in the March issue. Its fleet consists of 56 motor life-boats...
Category: Articles
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
Honley and Brockholes Guild
Ready for action; the ladies of Honley and Brockholes guild raised £460 during their coffee day and sale of Christmas goods at the home of Mrs Margaret Haffenden. They find ever increasing interest and support from the public in their... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Services from Page 117
had become disabled when her propeller had fallen off. She had been blown close to some rocks and the lifeboat towed her clear. The two men were then taken aboard the lifeboat and the power boat towed to Girvan. Harbour was reached at 2245...
Category: Services
La Boussole
Sinking yacht JERSEY RADIO received a MAYDAY relay call at 2215 on the night of Sunday August 5, 1984. The 25ft French sloop, La Boussole, had hit a rock north of Alderney and was sinking. Alderney lifeboat station was notified and at 2233...
A Rum Do! Lord Stanley
A rum do! Lord Stanley, chairman of the RNLI's Fund Raising Committee, was presented with a cheque for £6,000 at Aberdeen lifeboat station by Mr dune Stewart, district manager of Watsons Rum, as part of the United Rum Merchants/RNLI... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Maureen Belbin
Since 1969 Mrs Maureen Be/bin has been treasurer of Moordown and Charminster branch, a job she continued to do following a stroke which left her partially paralysed. Her spirit and determination to raise funds for the RNLI since the stroke... - View image in PDF
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Hair Today...
RNLI supporters are always on the look out for weird and wonderful fundraising ideas - this quarter the sponsored shave seems to be a popular choice.
Staff of the Cable & Wireless College raised £95 when they... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs