LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Death of Two Station Honorary Secretaries
BY the death of Mr. John S. Potter, of Clacton-on-Sea on the 10th of Decem- ber, 1950, and Mr. A. M. Gill, of Weymouth, on the 19th of January, 1951, the Institution has lost two honorary secretaries of stations who have served it for many...
Category: Obituaries
Sheila
Coverack, Cornwall - At 10.15 P-mon 12th June, 1966, an international distress signal was reported about two and a half miles south east of Coverack.
There was a moderate southerly breeze with a corresponding sea. The...
Joint Charities Christmas Card
A company has been set up known as Joint Charities Christmas Appeal Limited to sell Christmas cards on behalf of 19 charities, one of which is the R.N.L.I.
The cards will be known as 'Help Cards' and will be sold in...
Category: Advertisement
Wadebridge Branch's
Rescue demonstrations, sports, a barbecue and a sandcaslle competition, first prize for which went to a Cornish pasty, all added to the success of Wadebridge branch's beach fete held last August at Rock, on the Camel Estuary. That was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Leeds Shoreline Club
A scale model of the Barra Island Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, was a great attraction, especially for children, when on display in the Leeds Merrion shopping centre.
The model, made by Brian Hobson... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kenneth Colley
Kenneth Colley, who was appearing in the play 'Scenes from a Voyage to the Indies' at Nottingham Playhouse, presents a cheque for £500 to Colin Westland-Garnetl (ct, honorary secretarv of Nottingham and District branch, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Boat (2)
FEB. 12TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 3.20 P.M. information was received that two boys in a disabled small rowing boat were being carried out to sea, having broken a rowlock.
The motor life-boat William and...
Here be dragons
Tower is the RNLI’s busiest lifeboat station, and its crew were really in demand on 5 September, rescuing 106 people in 2 hours.
This large number of casualties were taking part in a popular race, in which dragon boats,...
Category: Articles
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Nov. 23RD. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
An explosion had been reported off Cooden Beach, Bexhill. A south-west gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the life-boat searched all night, but found nothing. An increase in the usual...
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