LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coral Cluster
Anxiety was felt for the local fishing coble Coral Cluster when she was at sea in worsening weather conditions on 29th July, 1965. At 4.16 p.m. the life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched in a strong north-easterly wind, with a...
Guiding Star and Sea Witch
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10 a.m. on 3rd September, 1965, the honorary secretary, concerned for the safety of two fishing cobles which were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions, consulted with the coastguard. It was decided to launch the...
The Danish Vessel Zita
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 6 a.m.
on 20th November, 1965, a request was received from the Danish vessel Zita for a tow as her engines had broken down. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 6.45 in a gentle...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal - At 12.45 p.m. on 16th April, 1966, the doctor nformed the honorary secretary that it was essential that an expectant mother on Tory Island was transferred to Dungloe Hospital as there was no medical aid available on...
A Canoe (2)
Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 7.10 p.m. on 29th May, 1966, a tractor driver saw a capsized canoe with two persons clinging to it in broken water one mile south west of the life-boathouse. They were trying to make for the beach but due to the...
'Allo 'Allo, Oo Ees Thees?
Actress Vickie Michelle, best known as Yvette of "Allo 'Allo' fame, was persuaded to join a mother-and-daughter collecting team photocall at London's Liverpool Street station during the City of London branch flag day in... - View image in PDF
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Dungeness, Kent- East Division
The simple, almost stark lines of the the boathouse for the carriage-launched Mersey at Dungeness echo the emptiness of the low-lying shingle peninsula on which it stands. To the south the nuclear power station forms an unmistakable man-made... - View image in PDF
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Sealink Ferries
Richard Gardner brandishes a cheque for £300 raised from his colleagues aboard the Sealink ferries Horsa, of which he is second officer, and St Christopher and members of the Dreamland Squash Club after taking part in a mini marathon... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Thomas Cocking St.Ives
Coxswain Thomas Cocking, St Ives On January 3, 1984, Coxswain Cocking, in two separate services, both carried out in a north-northwesterly strong gale, force 9, heavy seas and shallow water, first rescued seven men from a tug being driven on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Days Gone By. . .
In days gone by. . .
I thought readers may be interested to see this old photograph, taken around 1916, of girls collecting for the lifeboats.
My mother, Lillian (nee) Bosworth, is the girl on the right... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs