LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
For Those In Peril on the High Street
A new' mascot' for the Eastbourne branch was unveiled when lifeboatmen boarded a completely different form of transport.
Eastbourne Buses has boosted publicity for the local lifeboat by having one of its buses... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories On A Wave and A Prayer A History of the Youghal Lifeboat Station by Brendan O'Driscoll published by the author at CIR9.50 The port of Youghal (pronounced 'Yawl') on Ireland's beautiful southern...
Category: Articles
Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare Has Been Accorded the Institution's Sincere Thanks On
Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare has been accorded the Institution's sincere thanks on vellum for the experimental design work he did for rigid inflatable lifeboats while Provost of the United College of the Atlantic, as well as for his work... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ebor
HARWICH.—On the 19th February a telephone message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse and signals were shown by the Sunk Light-vessel. At 8.45 A.M. the Life-boat Springwell put out, and was towed by the steam-tug Harwich to the Sunk,...
The Fire at Cowes
The remains of the Watson cabin motor life-boats from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight and Selsey, Sussex. Nothing is left forward but the keels, deadwoods and iron floor-straps. On the left can be seen the forward steel bulkhead of the engine-room... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Letters
Long lost Barometer I have a small item in my possession which may be of interest to someone, somewhere.
Towards the end of the 1950s, I was on holiday in Folkestone, Kent and picked up, half buried in the shingle, what...
Category: Correspondence
Britannia Rescue
When you join their Official Membership Motoring Scheme the RNLI will receive 2.5% of your premium .'•• We've been voted road rescue 'Best Buy' for the 4th time in a row by the UK's leading consumer testing magazine,...
Category: Advertisement
Afon Dulais
The Coastguard telephoned to the Honorary Secretary at 1.15 A.M. on the 8th January that a steamer, which was found later to be the Afon Dulais, of Llanelly, bound for Port Talbot with pig iron, was aground on the Mixon Sands. A light N.N.W....
Books
The history of the Lerwick lifeboats The history of the New Quay lifeboats The history of Barrow lifeboats By Jeff Morris Price: £3.50 each (including postage and packaging) The honorary archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts'...
Category: Articles
Legacies Received In 1900
FOR SPECIAL TRUST PURPOSES.
Capital Available.
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Beach, Mrs. Sarah, James Street, W. 1000 - - Courtney, Mrs. Caroline, Exmouth . 1000 - - Hopwood, Samuel Weymouth, Esq., Queen...
Category: Donations