LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
GUESTS OF HONOUR at the annual presentation of awards meeting at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Tuesday May 15 in this the RNLI's 160th anniversary year was Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a Patron of the Institution....
Category: Articles
Orchids for Aphrodite – Aegean odyssey
Orchids for Aphrodite – Aegean odyssey
by Ursula Haselden
Review by Tracy Carey
Having taken many holidays in Turkey and Greece myself, this book appealed immediately.
This...
Category: Articles
Pulling Power
A team made up from members of the Huddersfield ladies hockey team pulled a D class lifeboat 19 miles and raised nearly £1,300 for the Honley and Brockholes branch.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thea, of Groningen
APRIL 2 8TH. - BRIDLINGTON AND FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. On the night of the 27th the Dutch motor vessel Thea, of Groningen, bound with a cargo of china clay from Grangemouth to Antwerp, foundered in Bridlington Bay. She had eight on board....
Flood Rescue Team members helped the family out of the bungalow, onto a rescue sled
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Teds' Treat! the Teddy Bears' Picnic held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Teds' Treat! The Teddy Bears' Picnic held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea lifeboat station was a roaring success for bears and bear owners. Teddy biscuits with teddy juice were sold for 30p and competitions were held for the largest teddy,... - View image in PDF
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List of the Medals of the Institution Voted to Naval and Marine Officers
IN a previous issue we promised to publish a supplemental list of the Gold and Silver Medals voted by the rOYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to officers of the Royal Navy and Marines, in acknowledge- ment of their gallant deeds in Saving...
Category: Medals
Sail Safari -- It's a Lifeboat Knockout!
Using the 'It's a Knockout' theme, which has recently re-emerged into the limelight, the RNLI staged Sail Safari, an 'around the world boat race' in Battersea Park on 25 September. The event was part of the RNLI's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Great Rail Journeys
GREAT RAIL JOURNEYS ©MDLF-Malburet Rhone Cruise ----8 DAY HOLIDAY BY TRAIN FROM LONDON----- VIKING RIVER CRUISES Exploring the World in Comfort' Travel with the UK's leading specialist in holidays by rail on this wonderful...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.32 a.m. on 23rd November, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that an aircraft had come down in the sea in the St. Bride's bay area and her crew of two had baled out. The life-boat Joseph Soar...