LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Steve Atkinson (pictured above)
Steve Atkinson (pictured above) has been equally willing in his training. A tractor driver at New Quay lifeboat station, Cardiganshire, he moved to Burnham for work and was accepted as a lifeboat shore helper in 2003. However, when he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bolinders Co Ltd
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The RNLI are putting Penta outboards in , their new inshore rescue craft. With Penta 360, these revolutionary Pell Quay 17ft fibreglass dories get away to an...
Category: Advertisement
Fishing Cobles
On the 4th March between twenty and thirty fishing cobles belonging to Newbiggin, carrying crews of about eighty men and boys, were placed in jeopardy by the sudden springing up of a gale of wind from S. by E. with a rough...
Miss Jane Leresche, of Seaford
Miss Jane Leresche, who died in October, 1937, had been the honorary secretary of the Seaford branch for nearly ten years, and before that the assistant honorary secretary for over four years. During her honorary sec- retaryship the branch...
Category: Obituaries
A Cabin Cruiser
ON FIRE At 2.31 p.m. on 29th April, 1965, the motor mechanic observed a cabin cruiser on fire about two miles off shore. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 2.35 and...
Life-Boat Workers of Surrey
Top: Presentation of ILB at Reigate and Redhill Branch life-boat evening by Mr. G. A. Hodgkins, vice-president, Reigate Sea Cadets, the boat being stationed at Humbermouth, Yorks. (From leftto right): Commander J. D. Walters, R.N. (retd.);... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Galway Bay - At 9.15 p.m. on loth July, 1966, the life-boat was requested to convey a seriously ill man to hospital on the mainland. At 10 o'clock the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched in a westerly breeze and smooth sea. It...
A Royal Reception
A reception was held at St. James's Palace on nth July, 1967, to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the day on which Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, became the Institution's President. The Committee of Management had voted Her...
Category: Meetings
Cove and Kilcreggan Branch Flower Show
Finishing touches being made to the exhibits at Cove and Kilcreggan branch flower show. It is an annual event and is growing in popularity and size all the time. Last year's show, which was opened by the Reverend C. K. O. Spence,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lofthouse's Fisherman's Friend
Lofthouse's Fisherman's Friend launched a new fund raising promotion aboard the lifeboat at the Show. Pictured are Mrs Doreen Lotthouse (centre) with her husband Tony and members of the family company and Mrs Alison Saunders (right)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs