LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heart and soul
In 1946, the lifeboat station on Valentia Island reopened after more than 50 years. ‘I was just 3 years old,’ remembers Dick. ‘Sitting high on my daddy’s shoulders, the vision of the lifeboat and the knowledge that its volunteer crew were...
Category: Articles
Careful Call Out
On 27 May, Aberdovey lifeboat crew faced a 4m breaking swell in their B class Sandwell Lifeline to rescue a windsurfer who was drifting out to sea in force 6 conditions.
He was spotted by someone on the shore. Crew Member...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Days In 1945.
Last year life-boat days raised £107,988. The number of branches holding days was 832 and over 10,000,000 people contributed..
Category: Articles
What if they don’t listen?
For the past 10 years, RNLI lifeguards have carried a ‘duty of care’ to provide a reasonable level of care to all beach users.
Our lifeguards interact with members of the public more than 2M times a year. Most of the time,...
Category: Articles
Three Royal Air Force Aeroplanes
AUG. 8TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX.
A message had been received from the Colchester Air Observers’ Post, through the coastguard, that three Royal Air Force aeroplanes had crashed into the sea,...
Longhope £3,000 raised from three islands tour
Keeping fundraising going after the Summer is no mean feat, but for some communities it can be even trickier. With residents
across Orkney keen to support their local crew, Longhope Lifeboat Guild volunteers toured their bazaar...
Category: Articles
None (7)
FEBRUARY 6TH . - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL. A casualty was reported by the coastguard, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £24 18s.
Trustful (1)
DEC. 21ST. PETERHEAD, AND FRASERBURGH ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.55 P.M. the coastguard reported that flares had been seen two miles south of Rattray Head. A light N.W. wind was blowing, with a ground swell. The motor life-boat...
Life-Boat Conscious
CORRESPONDENT vouches for the truth of the following dialogue, which he overheard between two ladies looking at a life-boat poster in a London suburb.
" I do not see why this district should be interested in...
Category: Articles
None (5)
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— 18th January. Red rockets had been reported, but nothing could be found.
It was learned later that a chimney had been on fire, and that burning soot carried seawards had given the...