LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht
Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 6.24 on the evening of the 1st of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was on the rocks at Orlock Head. The life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly put out at 6.35 in a slight sea. There was a...
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Galway Bay.—At 1.30 on the after- noon of the 25th of September, 1957, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat would take a woman urgently in need of an opera- tion for appendicitis to the...
Seddon (1)
Stornoway, Hebrides. On the 11th of April, 1958, the agents for the trawler Seddon, which had stranded in Storno- way harbour on the 8th of April, wanted to run a kedge anchor out from her and asked if the life-boat would undertake this...
Primula
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Primula of Peterhead was ashore in Burnhaven Bay. At 3.15 the life-boat Julia Park Barry...
Diving for Cash:
Diving for cash: For 12 vears regulars at the Three Cups in Stamford Bridge have been throwing their loose change down a 30ft well through port holes in the bar. Diver Phil Peace went down the well from a trapdoor behind the bar" to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flyby Sunday
Branch cooperation was the name of the game at the Shepway Air Show at Folkestone in September.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
National Safety Week
THE National Safety Week Council, on which the Institution is represented, is arranging to hold its second Safety Week from llth May to 16th May next.
The object of the Week is to arouse the public to the need of additional...
Category: Articles
Fundraising
'RNLI day' reader offer National Boat Shows Ltd (NBS) has supported the RNLI for more than 25 years, donating free stand space and berths at both the London and Southampton International Boat Shows. This has enabled the RNLI to build...
Category: Articles
Going postal
We’ve all had to sort through junk mail – a lot of it goes straight in the recycling and some is put aside for that lazy afternoon when we might want to order pizza, a taxi or a window cleaner. Charities send unsolicited mail too but, for...
Category: Articles
Eulala
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—About noon on the 14th October the schooner Eulala, of Dumfries, was seen to exhibit signals of distress while riding heavily in the bay. She had parted one anchor, and was drifting rapidly towards the rocks.The...