LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Raft Race Organised By Mr and Mrs C Horton for Moelfre Ladies' Guild Was a Highly Successful Event It Took Place on August 26 Flag Day £500 Was Raised
A raft race organised by Mr and Mrs C. Horton for Moelfre ladies' guild, was a highly successful event. It took place on August 26, flag day. £500 was raised.. - View image in PDF
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Sir Alec Rose, Like the True Sailor He Is, Has Spoken With Reverence of the Power of the Sea: 'No One Knows the Sea, Which Is a Great Leveller That Soon Cuts the Big-Headed Sailor Down to Size. In Th
Sir Alec Rose, like the true sailor he is, has spoken with reverence of the power of the sea: 'No one knows the sea, which is a great leveller that soon cuts the big-headed sailor down to size. In the tremendous gales I have experienced... - View image in PDF
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In Gratitude for Fifty Years of Married Happiness
AN anonymous gift of £2 has been received from a man and wife " in gratefulness for the blessings received during fifty years of married life.".
Category: Donations
Six Men Were Rescued By Breeches Buoy from the Dutch Coaster
Six men were rescued by breeches buoy from the Dutch coaster Jan Brons which ran aground on Ardnamult Head in south-westerly gales on March I I , 1964. Stephen Whittle, then second coxswain, and Assistant Mechanic John Power volunteered to... - View image in PDF
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Tatam II
New Brighton, Cheshire. — During the early afternoon of the 15th of September, 1948, the Hoy lake coastguard reported that a barge had broken away from her tug in Liverpool Bay and had anchored, but was dragging towards the Burbo Bank, and...
On Easter Sunday the Eight Young Ladies Shown Here, Dressed In R.N.L.I. Jerseys and Red Mini-Skirts, Walked from Tower Bridge to Hyde Park Corner
On Easter Sunday the eight young ladies shown here, dressed in R.N.L.I.
jerseys and red mini-skirts, walked from Tower Bridge to Hyde Park Corner— a distance of 20 miles—circumnavigating the city and West End. Organisations... - View image in PDF
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DOCTOR TAKEN TO FRENCH TANKER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 6th November, 1962, the honorary secretary received a telegram stating that the 37,000 ton tanker Esso Parentis, of Le Havre, had asked for a doctor. At 6.5...
Big Swim
The Basingstoke branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club held a sponsored swim in aid of the lifeboats and raised £1,169 - the largest single donation received by the RNLI Basingstoke branch.
Trophies were presented to the... - View image in PDF
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Eleven Years on a Look at the Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat Some of Those Who Know Her Well
THE ATLANTIC 21 rigid inflatable has proved one of the most successful of the Institution's modern lifeboats and 30 are now on station. With an overall length of 22ft 9in, a rigid GRP hull and inflatable neoprene tube 'bulwarks',...
Category: Articles
Two Years Ago Little and Broad Haven Ladies' Guild Held a Special Opening Ceremony for Their New Souvenir Shop and In 1980 They Doubled Their First Year's Takings to £6000 Other Recent Fund Rai
Two years ago Little and Broad Haven ladies' guild held a special opening ceremony for their new souvenir shop and in 1980 they doubled their first year's takings to £6,000. Other recent fund raising events have included a grand... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs