LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Having a Ball? Lord Provost Robert Cray of Glasgow
Having a hall? Lord Provost Robert Cray of Glasgow teed off in fine style to celebrate the raising of £2,105 for the City of Glasgow's Lifeboat Appeal Fund at a golf tournament held by Whitbread Scotland. The dimpled downpour took... - View image in PDF
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Thorn Paul
Girvan, Ayrshire. —At 6.30 on the evening of the 16th of February, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the local fishing boat Aurora had wirelessed that the fishing boat Thorn Paul, of Whitehaven, had lost her rudder about nine miles...
Satyr
Dover, Kent. At 3.7 on the morning of the 30th of April, 1959, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht needed help four miles east- south-east of Folkestone pier. The coaster Clarity was standing by the yacht, and at...
The S.S. Kirsten Skou and Karpfanger
DANISH AND GERMAN SHIPS TN COLLISION Dover, Kent. At 5.29 on the morning of the 29th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two ships had been in collision six miles north of Dover. The life-boat Southern Africa...
Oberon
THIRD MAN RESCUED FROM SAILING DINGHY Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing boat had capsized off Coopers Beach, East Mersea, and that two...
A Motor Boat (1)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 7.43 p.m. on 4th July, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat with two men on board was overdue and that further inquiries were being made. In the meantime the coxswain and...
Provider and Silver Coquet
Amble, Northumberland. At 8.50 a.m. on ist November, 1965, the coastguard warned the honorary secretary that two fishing cobles, which were overdue, might be in need of assistance.
It was decided at 10.15 to send the...
Regency
Caister, Norfolk - At 4.45 p.m. on 23rd June, 1966, the station mechanic noticed a vessel dragging her anchors in Yarmouth Roads. She was put under observation and at 5.40 she hoisted a distress signal. The life-boat The Royal Thames was...
Flamborough Branch
Flamborough branch presented its first traditional Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, in the Village Hall on three consecutive nights in December 2001. Written by local vicar, the Reverend Michael Cartwright, the show filled the hall to... - View image in PDF
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Left: Olympic Athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson Obe,
Left: Olympic athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE, who gave the vote of thanks, was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Alice Bewick, daughter of Bronze Medal winner, Amos Bewick. - View image in PDF
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