LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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At 8.30 p.m. on 24th October, 1966, the nurse on Inishmaan Island informed the honorary secretary that an expectant mother on the island needed to be taken to hospital and requested that a boat be sent to fetch her. The life-boat Mable...
Naom Cait
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 4.40 p.m.
on loth June, 1967, information was received that a boat was flying distress signals five miles from Ballycotton. The life-boat Mary Stanford, on temporary duty at the station, slipped...
Bolivar
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 6.39 p.m. on ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser had stopped six miles south of the harbour and might have broken down. There was a west-south-westerly wind of near gale force, a...
A Dinghy
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. At 12.50 p.m. on ist September, 1965, the coastguard notified the mechanic that a small boat was in difficulties off Carreg-y- Defaid. At 12.54 tne IRB launched in a gentle to moderate northerly breeze and smooth...
Mumbles Lifeboat Appeal
The road between John O'Groats and Land's End is lined with gold—at least for charities it is. Andrew Jones (I) and Robert Denner (r), are seen here being given a send-off by the Lord Mayor of Swansea, Councillor Michael Murphy,... - View image in PDF
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Sunderland Lifeboat Station
On your bike: Harry Brown, setting off from Sunderland, only to return there 7 hours, 48 minutes and 41 seconds later having covered 154 miles on the way to York Minster and back. Sponsors were asked to estimate the time he would take and... - View image in PDF
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Small Scale:
Small scale: Terence Amey (I) holds the model he made of Dover's 50ft Thames class lifeboat, Rotary Service, standing on the foredeck of the real thing. Since he completed his fine model, Mr Amey has been able to send some £500 to... - View image in PDF
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A Yacht (1)
Yacht ablaze AT 2225 ON THE NIGHT OF Saturday September 8, 1984, Clyde coastguard reported a yacht aground, north of Hunterston power station. Three minutes later the relief Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat, William Yeo, ontemporary...
Clutching Her Pooh Bear Laura Glover
Clutching her Pooh bear Laura Glover prepares to take part in the annual Pooh sticks race held on the bridge at Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire in January. In spite of rain and wind, 240 adults and children took part in the race, held over a... - View image in PDF
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In Days Gone By. . .
In days gone by. . .
I thought readers may be interested to see this old photograph, taken around 1916, of girls collecting for the lifeboats.
My mother, Lillian (nee) Bosworth, is the girl on the right... - View image in PDF
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