Anniversary Morning Market Harborough ladies' guild celebrated its 21st anniversary year by holding a birthday coffee morning at the home of Mrs Roland Orton, president and founder of the guild.
The party was to thank...
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By Commander STOPFORD C. DOUGLAS, R.N., Inspector for the Irish District.
THE passage of this boat from Cowes to Kingstown gave her a. test to which Life-boats are not often subjected.
Many'encounter...
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THIS year has been one of exceptional interest with regard to the development of Marine Motors, and it will be satis- factory to the supporters of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to know that the subject of placing motors in...
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DECEMBER 10TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 11.45 on the night of the 9th of December, the coastguard reported a vessel firing distress signals three miles north-east of Flamborough Head. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a heavy...
Oa the 8th of April the brigantine Cebufg, of Whitby , ran ashore in an E.8.E. gale* afear Bridlington Quay.
The Bridlington life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was immediately launched, and proceeded...
FROM time immemorial it has been the custom of the Life-boat Service not to maintain fixed crews for Life-boats, but to draw volunteers as required from the seafaring population of the coast towns and villages where Life-boats are...
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Penlee, Cornwall. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 16th June, 1961, a message was received that there was a sick child aboard the Greek motor vessel Doriefs, who ought to be brought ashore. The vessel was making for Penzance. The weather was...
When lifeguards found a seriously injured man in the water, it would take three RNLI teams to bring him to safety over an island’s rocky ledges
Hoylake volunteer Marcus Swaine was already...
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THE annexed engraving represents the Store-yard of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. It comprises sheds for stowage of Life-boats and their carriages, a rigging loft and ample store-rooms, an office for the storekeeper in charge, and two...
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