LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Dear Editor, Scanning the letters page of the summer 2005 issue of the Lifeboat, my eye was caught by the small photograph of the Selsey lifeboat towing a cabin cruiser. Though the doctored picture featuring fearless towrope-walker Max...

'ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING’

I thought you might be interested to know that my painting of the shipping forecast, entitled 'Attention All Shipping', was awarded top prize in a competition run by the British...

THE KNOLL ROUSE A CIVILISED AND RELAXING HOUOAV FOR ALL AGES GOLF, TEWNS, OUTDOOR POOL, HEALTH SM WTTH PLUNGE POOL SECLUDED GARDENS LEAD TO THREE MILES OF GOLDEN BEACH. GROUNDS OF 100 ACRES IN MAGNIFICENT COUNTRYSIDE CONNECTING ROOMS FOR...

Fund raisers on the Isle of Anglesey stepped up their efforts last year and increased their income from £ 1 1 .(XX) in 1977 to £15,(XX) in 1978. Part of this increase was made possible by the gift of two water colours painted and...

On the 26th of January, 1954, six life-boats, those from Barrow, Fleet- wood, Blackpool and Lytham-St.

Annes, Lancashire, and Douglas and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, searched unsuccessfully for the crew of a Washington...

On the afternoon of the 8th of January, 1956, the Humber and Bridlington life-boats put out to the help of the motor vessel Stevonia, of Goole. Conditions at sea were such that the Committee of Management decided to address collective...

MR. HAROLD WATKINSON, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, has awarded the shield for the best wreck service of 1955 carried out by coast life-saving companies to be held by the companies of Gardenstowii and Banff jointly. The award...

In connection with the photograph of the codfish collecting box at Whitby, which appeared on page 172 of the October issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, it has been pointed out that the photograph was taken by Mr. A. Greenwood, of York, and that the man...