LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sarna
Donaghadee, Co. Down - At 4.30 p.m. on 24th July, 1966, a small motor boat appeared in difficulties off Millisle.
There was a strong northerly wind with avery rough sea. The tide was ebbing.
The life-boat...
A Trawler
Hastings, Sussex - At 7.20 a.m. on I3th July, 1967, it was learnt that the Bexhill police had reported a trawler in difficulties half a mile off the De La Warr pavilion. The life-boat Fairlight was launched at 7.40 in a light northerly...
Barbie Ann
Newhaven, Sussex. At 12.14 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, a trawler was seen burning flares a quarter of a mile south of the Martello tower. There was a moderate south-westerly breeze with a corresponding sea. The tide was flooding. The...
Philip Leigh-Bramwell,
Philip Leigh-Bramwell, donor of the relief Waveney class lifeboat Lady of Lancashire..
Category: Obituaries
Southern Region Grand Draw 1983
Southern region grand draw 1983 raised a magnificent £25,300. The draw was made at Poole HQ on October 25 by BBC TV reporter Anne Dawson, and the first prize, a Ford Fiesta Popular car, was won by Rupert Thomas of Burghfield Common,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Members of Golden Lane Youth Club from London
Members of Golden Lane Youth Club, from London EC1, visited Hastings last August proudly to present a cheque to Coxswain Joe Martin for £247.50, the sum they had raised with a sponsored swim. The 10 to 16 year olds got together with the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Botton's Amusement Park Skegness
When Botton's Amusement Park, Skegness, opened for the summer season, the whole of the first day's proceeds were donated to the RNLI. Backed by a pirate ship, Jimmy Botton (r) hands a cheque for £1,220 to Councillor Ken Holland,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bridgnorth Branch
David James is a young member of the Bridgnorth branch committee. He built this lifeboathouse out of Lego bricks and asked people to guess how may bricks were used. The most accurate guess was awarded with a Lego set, donated by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nick Botham
Nick Botham Helmsman of Whitby's D Class inflatable during a service in heavy breaking seas to the yacht Cymba, for which he was awarded the Institution's Bronze medal.
Whitby's Waveney class lifeboat also took... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Margate's D Class Inflatable Lifeboat Launches In Severe Conditions on Sunday
Margate's D class inflatable lifeboat launches in severe conditions on Sunday 19 December 1989.
Three windsurfers had been reported in difficulties in storm force winds at Minnis Bay, but when the lifeboat arrived two... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs