LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Robert and Jane
DECEMBER 2lST. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The fishing coble Robert and Jane, of Newbiggin, with a crew of three, was the only coble to put out on this day, and as the sea rose, with a strong south-south-east wind, anxiety...
Reminiscences of the Coast and Depot
AFTER twenty-seven years with the Institution it is brought home to me more than ever that the great majority of the people of these islands have a dash of the salt of the sea in their veins. For twelve years, as an in- spector on the coast,...
Category: Articles
Medical Arrangements In the Rnli: Part II Current Work and Policies By Geoffrey Hale Mbe Mb BCh
TO OUTLINE ALL the work of the Medical and Survival Committee would take too long, so the following paragraphs will contain accounts of activities selected because they are likely to be of general interest and, where necessary, explanations...
Category: Articles
Coastal Life
coAstAL LIFe Rapture of the deep scuba diving is fraught with dangers, but each year thousands of adventurers find that the rewards far outweigh the risks.
Bethany Hope discovers the appeal of diving close to home ‘You...
Category: Articles
Offshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1975
Aldeburgh, Suffolk July 19.
Amble, Northumberland July 21.
Angle, Dyfed June 13, July 11, 21, 31 and August 6.
Anstruther, Tayside August 2.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow July 15,...
Category: Services
Winifred and Onward
NOVEMBER 19TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. A southerly gale was blowing, the sea was rough, and all the local fishing boats had put back to harbour except two, the motor fishing boats Winifred, of Wexford, and Onward, of Rosslare. Each...
The Railway and the Life-Boat
MOST persons in this country are aware that the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has studded the coasts of the United Kingdom with Life-boats; but it is probably not known to many that nearly the whole of those boats are built in London,...
Category: Articles
One of the Highlights of the Splendid 150th Anniversary Banquet In the Painted Hall at the Royal Naval College Greenwich on October 11 1974 Was a Piccolo Solo By Ban
One of the highlights of the splendid 150th anniversary banquet in the Painted Hall at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, on October 11, 1974, was a piccolo solo by Band Corporal R. O.
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Category: Photographs
The Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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Life-Boat Families. The Stantons and Stephensons of Boulmer, Northumberland
By Hugh Stephenson, Honorary Secretary of the Boulmer Branch, and a member of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
THERE are thirty-four houses in the village of Boulmer. Nine are occupied by Stephensons and...
Category: Articles