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Key-Side Concert

Date: Summer 1989

Volume: 51

Issue: 509

Peter Skellern (inset) at the keys of a grand piano aboard a car ferry moored off Polruan quay for an evening concert in aid of the RNLI.

(Photos courtesy Devon and Cornwall Press Agency (inset) and A. G.... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Ken Quinney

Date: Autumn 1990

Volume: 52

Issue: 514

Ken Quinney, honorary secretary of Dungeness lifeboat station from 1987 until his death. Mr Quinney was chairman of the station branch committee from 1981 to 1987 when he relinquished the chair, being appointed chairman again in January 1990...

Category: Obituaries

First Medals for Gallantry

Date: Autumn 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 502

THE first gallantry medals to be awarded to crew members of an inflatable lifeboat were in September 1969. Robert Stewart and Andrew Scott of Amble won bronze medals for the rescue of two men from a capsized yacht, off Amble...

Category: Medals

Sue Vidal and Second Coxswain Charlie Sharrod of Hastings Lifeboat

Date: Winter 1988

Volume: 50

Issue: 503

Site Vidul and Second Co.i.swain Charlie Sharrod. of Hustings lifeboat, lake pan in Hexhill Old 'l' me Musical Society's show, organised hv the local Shoreline club at Enst Hastings Angling Club in... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

M.F.V. Dumnonia

Date: Spring 1988

Volume: 50

Issue: 504

PORTPATRICK, January 8, 1988: with her propeller fouled by her fishing gear, MFV Dumnonia was drifting on to a lee shore, four miles away in a force 8 gale and in darkness. Portpatrick's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Douglas Carrie...

Walmer's Boathouse

Date: Winter 1999

Volume: 57

Issue: 547

Walmer's boathouse was designed by the RNLI's first Honorary Architect. Charles Cooke. Appointed in 1858 Cooke was influenced by a building he had designed for Colombo (then Ceylon) with overhanging eaves to give protection from the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Front Cover

Date: Autumn 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 554

Front cover Shoreham lifeboatman Ian Cosham brings a small child to dry land during the terrible floods in Uckfield. For the full story see pages 14 & 16.

Photo © Steve Edwards, Shoreham lifeboat launcher.View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Mrs Connie Marsh,

Date: Spring 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 544

Mrs Connie Marsh, treasurer of Bn'dlington ladies lifeboat guild from 1977 to 1993, Mrs Marsh was also minutes secretary and souvenir secretary for the guild and was awarded the silver badge in 1991..

Category: Obituaries

April Pranksters

Date: Spring 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 544

The proprietor and regulars of the Coalbrookdale Inn in Shropshire formed a group to undertake fundraising events on 1 April each year - these usually involve a weird and surreal April Fool's Day prank.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Arctic Cycle Challenge Completed

Date: Summer 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 545

Competitors who took part in the 1998 Artie Cycle Challenge have returned home safely from their gruelling cycle ride which started from Tromso in Norway and finished up in the northenmost part of Europe, Nordkapp.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs