LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Dinghy
Cromer, Norfolk.—During the morn- ing of the 2nd of September, 1948, the engines of the No. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg were being tested as she lay at moorings. At half past eleven the coxswain noticed a small boy being carried out to sea in a...
The Fundraisers
Rallying round Neil Parullo and Nairn Brown entered a 72-hour classic car rally from Land's End to John O'Groats and raised a total of £5,100 for Strathmore branch - making them the clear winners of the shield awarded to the car...
Category: Articles
The Fundraisers
North West passage Captain Patrick Roberts undertook a sponsored windsurf from Kirkcudbright, Scotland, to Ramsey on the Isle of Man.
The sail started at 1pm in light winds and sunshine, but the wind soon died...
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Some Ways of Raising Money
More than £12,000 was raised by Bristol ladies' guild at its summer ball, held last July at the home of Mr and Mrs Cullum McAlpine, near Bath. On arrival, every lady was presented with a red rose, and when the 350 guests sat down to...
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Charles Hunter-Pease Sales and Marketing Director
Charles Hunter-Pease, Sales and Marketing Director for Volvo Concessionaires (left) presents a cheque for £350.000 to Lt Cdr Brian Miles, director of the RNLI at the London Boat Show. The cheque represented the proceeds of the seven... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Richard (David) Buckle
Richard (David) Buckle - former Swanage lifeboat station Crew Member, Shore Helper and Press Officer.
Category: Obituaries
Sea Food:
Sea food: members of Largs Junior Chamber of Commerce appear remarkably unconcerned by what is clearly a severe case of rising damp during a recent dinner staged on the slipway of the lifeboat station. This chilling experience, devised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Shoreham Fishing Boat Number One
JANUARY 16TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At 8.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat was in distress about four miles south of the life-boat station.
The motor life-boat Jane Holland...
Awards
Awards to Coxswains, crews and shore helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also...
Category: Awards
Santa Gata and Norwegian Tanker Realf (1)
DEC. 1ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK, AND THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after 7 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel standing by two and a half miles north of the life-boat station wished to land a rescued crew. A westerly...