LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Every Christmas and Easter for Ten Years Southport Mummers Group (With St.George the King of Egypt Beelzebub and All the Others) Has Toured the Hostelries of So
Every Christmas and Easter for ten years Southport Mummers Group (with St George, the King of Egypt, Beelzebub and all the others) has toured the hostelries of South Lancashire with its ancient traditional plays to collect money for the... - View image in PDF
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Ann, of Torquay
On the night of the 23rd March the services of this valuable life-boat were again brought into requisition. During a ter- rific gale of wind from the S., and a very heavy sea, the beachmen on the look-out had observed a vessel driving with...
Princess Marina Duchess of Kent Presenting the Silver Medal to Coxswain J Nicolson of Aith for His Part In the Rescue of the Crew of 12 of the Trawler Juniper on 19th Feb
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, presenting the silver medal to Coxswain J. Nicolson, of Aith, for his part in the rescue of the crew of 12 of the trawler Juniper on 19th February, 1967.. - View image in PDF
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Pride of Hythe and Sucu Sucu
FISHING BOAT SINKING Ramsgate, Kent. At 4.45 p.m. on ist August, 1965, the east pier watchman reported that a small fishing boat near Quern Buoy was signalling for help.
At 4.59 the life-boat Michael and Lilly Davis put out...
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1886
YEAR after year the Board of Trade draws public attention to the shipping catas- trophes occurring on our rock-bound shores, as though to remind us that a large proportion of the luxuries and comforts we daily enjoy are obtained at the cost...
Category: Articles
Inset Right- the Band of the Royal Marines
Inset right- The band of the Royal Marines entertain the crowds. - View image in PDF
Photo: Kees Brinkman. - View image in PDF
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New Ways of Raising Money
Sponsored walks are common enough these days but the 15th Long Eaton Venture Scout unit, in Nottinghamshire, decided to bring some water into the proceedings—by holding a sponsored row on 5th July, 1969. The proceeds were divided between the...
Category: Donations
‘SHE WENT QUICK’
With a trawler in trouble off a remote archipelago in Shetland, Lerwick lifeboat crew would need to pull on insider knowledge and all their experience if they were to get the five fishermen to safety
Coxswain Alan Tarby’s...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer George Vickers, of Baltimore
MARCH 26TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
At 2.45 in the morning the coastguard reported that the American steamer George Vickers, of Baltimore, was asking for a boat to land two of her crew, who were seriously ill. As no...
Eroll Bruce Learning First Hand About Some of the Problems of the Norfolk Coast While Aboard the Wells Life-Boat.
Eroll Bruce learning first hand about some of the problems of the Norfolk coast while aboard the Wells life-boat.. - View image in PDF
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