LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Norman Wells
Norman Wells, an honorary life governor and formerly honorary secretary of the Kingston on Thames branch. He was awarded the silver badge in 1967 and the gold badge in 1979, becoming an honorary life governor last year..
Category: Obituaries
Two Boys from Wellington School
Two boys from We/ling/on School, Andy Baker and Mark Samuel, both aged 14 ears, cycled from Wellington to Torquay and back to raise money for the RNLI. The round trip was about 100 miles and the bovs raised £182 through... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Severe Weather Hits Yacht
Blyth's all-weather lifeboat, one of the victims of the hoax call on the previous page, is pictured towing a yacht to safety on 17 October last year after she had fallen foul of suddenly deteriorating weather.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Line Dancers
The sister of Calverton ladies guild chairman is part of the dance outfit, Sue's Stetson Stompers, which offered to hold a sponsored line dance to boost branch funds.
The event proved to be a great success, raising over... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Top Citizen
Coxswain Noel Wight of Dunbar lifeboat recently received a citizenship award from the community council in his home town.
Noel (left) who has been on the crew for 35 years and is a popular figure in the town, received a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inshore Passage
The Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes held its biennial Open Days on 16 and 17 August.
Our photographers braved the holiday atmosphere, the refreshment tent and blazing sunshine to bring you this photo-report..
Category: Articles
Monty Hand,
Monty Hand, member of Bognor Regis branch for over 33 years. Monty carried out various duties within the branch committee, including flag week and flag day organiser, sponsored walk co-ordinator and souvenir secretary. He received the silver...
Category: Obituaries
Mrs Dorothy Blackburn,
Mrs Dorothy Blackburn, treasurer of the Halifax guild from 1979 to 1995. Mrs Blackburn also served Blackpool guild as honorary treasurer (1975-1987), chairman (1987-1993), vice chairman andbox secretary (1993-1994) and committee member (1994...
Category: Obituaries
Aldeburgh's New Boathouse
Aldeburgh's new boathouse was designed to be modern yet relied the style and shape of the older buildings on the seafront.
Although it provoked some controversy when first erected it has met with a mostly favourable... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Simulated Shouts at Sennen
One of the most frequent requests to the RNLI's PR department is 'Can you arrange a trip on a lifeboat?' Sadly, the answer has to be 'no', since lifeboats are emergency vessels and need to be in constant readiness to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs