LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dashed to Life-Boat In Tails
While at his wedding reception on 22nd June, 1968, a Barmouth life-boatman, Mr. John H. Stockford, aged 30, was called to a fishing boat with engine trouble. As the life-boat, The Chieftain, sailed to the boat's assistance in Cardigan...
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During the Recent Golden Wonder Promotion
During the recent Go/den Wonder promotion where money, in exchange for tokens from crisp packets, was donated to the RNLI, the pupils of Chennestone Middle School, Sunbury- on-Thames, collected 1,500 tokens. At a rate of 5p donated for every... - View image in PDF
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Robin Weedon
Robin Weedon (wearing cap) bicycled an exhausting 200 miles from his home in Enfield to Hayling Island and back to raise £400 in sponsorship for Hayling branch. He is pictured here at Hayling with Shore Helper Bill Longford, Freddy... - View image in PDF
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A Rum Do! Lord Stanley
A rum do! Lord Stanley, chairman of the RNLI's Fund Raising Committee, was presented with a cheque for £6,000 at Aberdeen lifeboat station by Mr dune Stewart, district manager of Watsons Rum, as part of the United Rum Merchants/RNLI... - View image in PDF
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Walmer Lifeboat Station Shore Helper Ken Hovells of Deal
Walmer lifeboat station shore helper Ken Hovells, of Deal, is pictured with his model of Solent class lifeboat Jack Shayler and the Lees, formerly stationed at Bembridge, Isle of Wight and since reallocated to Douglas, Isle of Man. The scale... - View image in PDF
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Waking Branch
Waking branch were very fortunate in having TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh (3rd r) as their very entertaining and interesting guest speaker at a wine and dine evening in March. The evening, which raised £1,000, was organised by Mrs Patsy... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Maureen Belbin
Since 1969 Mrs Maureen Be/bin has been treasurer of Moordown and Charminster branch, a job she continued to do following a stroke which left her partially paralysed. Her spirit and determination to raise funds for the RNLI since the stroke... - View image in PDF
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Record Breakers
Dittons Skiff and Punting club broke the channel crossing world record and raised money for the RNLI by rowing from Dover to Cap Gris Nez, in little over two hours and 42 minutes - a 25% improvement of the previous record! The record... - View image in PDF
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The Name's Bond...
When you think of Bond, most of you will think of James Bond - 007 with shaken, not stirred, vodka-martini cocktails. But the RNLI's real Bond is Peter Bond, Morecarnbe's D class lifeboat. Instead of a car with machine guns hidden... - View image in PDF
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Poop deck ftxky, a nine-year-old Labrador cross, was swept out to sea after racing into ftesea ro chase seagulls at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Haifa mfe from shore. Rocky soon tired of doing doggy-paddle and was relieved to...