LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Child resuscitated at Perran Sands Lucy A Beach Rescue lifeguard was patrolling between the red and yellow flags on a warm sunny day in Cornwall, when he spotted a woman waving frantically for help on the beach. Her young daughter had fallen...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 1st June, 1911. j The Bight Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., ; in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting. ! Also read those of -the Building, Finance j and Correspondence, Wreck and...
Category: Committee
Award to Falmouth Coxswain
MR. C. H. BROWN, coxswain of the Falmouth life-boat, has been awarded a certificate by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a young boy from the sea near Falmouth.
Coxswain Brown has served with the Falmouth life-boat...
Category: Awards
Life-Boat In the Highland Show
THE Royal Highland and Agricultural Show day was held in Paisley from the 20th to the 23rd of June, and the Watson cabin life-boat from Portpatrick, the Jeanie Spiers, a gift to the Institution from Miss E. S. Paterson of Paisley, was on...
Category: Donations
Central London Committee
'ELBIE' the walking talking Lifeboat ANNOUNCES a CHARITY AUCTION in aid of the Royal National Life-boat Institution at BONHAM'S, KNIGHTSBR1DGE, WEDNESDAY, 25th May, 1977 18.50 for 19.15 hrs Viewing 24th and 25th May, 09.00 to...
Category: Advertisement
Season's Greetings
As Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, I would like to take this opportunity of congratulating everyone associated with the life-boat service on their splendid achievements during the past...
Category: Articles
Surrounded By His Crew Fraserburgh Lifeboat Coxswain
Surrounded by his crew, Fraserburgh lifeboat coxswain, Captain John Sutherland, is presented with a maroon case full of money raised for the station by lifeboat enthusiast John Murdoch (r). In front of the group is a model made by John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Just In Case:
Just in case: a happy Tony Hunter (below right) the RNLI's chief buyer, stores, receives a case of brandv from David Shepherd, brand manager for Martell Cognac, a bottle of which is carried on all large lifeboats. The cognac has been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Christmas Fayre
In November 1997, the Thurso branch again held their Christmas fayre in the Royal Hotel. The special guest of the event was Mr Santa Clause who arrived by car due to the lack of snow but did manage to bring his bag of goodies which went down... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Book Reviews
0 It must be almost impossible to write an uninteresting book about the lifeboat service but equally difficult to do full justice to the subject. A. D.
Farr has achieved the difficult task of writing a splendidly...
Category: Articles