LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, visited W aimer lifeboat station on Sunday October 18, 1981, where he was taken out for a trip in the 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat The Hampshire Rose.

Before going aboard he met... - View image in PDF

Mick Elstub (I) and Charlie Martin (r), raised £500 for Flamborough lifeboat station by cycling from Doncaster to Flamborough, a distance of about 65 miles. While at the station Mick and Charlie met up with another fund raiser,... - View image in PDF

Vintage occasion The Belton and O'Neill families from Oxted, Surrey have entered the Beaulieu and Weymouth vintage car rally for the last six years. This is put on by the Wimborne branch of the RNLI and organised by the National... - View image in PDF

CLIFDEN | 23 DECEMBER
An elderly resident of Inishturk Island was able to spend Christmas at home, after volunteer crew from Clifden Lifeboat Station sped the local doctor to his bedside in an...

TWENTY-NINE HOURS AT SEA Cloughey, Co. Down. At 8.25 a.m.

on 6th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that the coaster Normanby Hall had asked for assistance as she was aground off South Rock. The life-boat Constance...

Youghal, Co. Cork. While the lifeboat coxswain was fishing off Blackball Head on the afternoon of I5th June, 1965,, he noticed that a salmon yawl was in difficulties and being swept seawards. The coxswain returned to harbour, mustered the...

Bank pays out! Councillor Ian Oxlev, second right, hands over a £300 cheque from the profits of six Torbay bottle banks to works and harbours chairman Denis Reid. Later Mr Reid passed on the cash to Captain Barry Anderson, left,... - View image in PDF

Lake Louise and Sulphur Mountain We take a cable car up Sulphur Mountain for breathtaking mountain views and travel to the beautiful Lake Louise for lunch. You have a free day to explore Banff or if you are feeling adventurous, enjoy a float...