LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Over 200 Scouts
Over 200 Scouts, Guides, Cub Scouts and Brownies, members of Penarth Scout and Guide Swim Club, took part in a sponsored swim for the RNLl and raised £610. The monster cheque was presented by Phil Smith (I), Scout district treasurer, to... - View image in PDF
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Contents
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 527 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CUE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement Manager: BARBARA...
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Walter Cox
No 40, Nelson Road, Wimbledon, has become a mecca for model railway enthusiasts from all over England when Walter Cox opens his garden to the public for one day each summer to show off his OO gauge model railway in aid of the RNLI. The Mayor... - View image in PDF
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Terry Rogers of Blackpool Lifeboat Station,
Terry Rogers of Blackpool lifeboat station, with his wife and children, outside Buckingham Palace before attending a royal garden party on 25 July in the presence of The Queen.
Terry was amongst a group of 41 lifeboatmen.... - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane (39)
MARCH 26TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but an R.A.F. launch picked up two of her crew, who died later, and the three others were believed to have been trapped in the aeroplane. -...
Shoreline Member Mr Alan Kahn of Essex
Shoreline member Mr Alan Kahn of Essex thought of calling his all-new Renault 5 Francis because "it's as trim as Clare yet as sturdy as Drake" and won himself the five door version (kindly donated by Renault UK Ltd) as a result... - View image in PDF
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A Yacht (2)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—29th May, 1939.
A yacht had gone ashore in a dangerous position but she was refloated without the life-boat's help. — Rewards, £29 15*. Qd..
A Trawler
W h i t b y , Yorkshire.—20th July, 1939. News had been received from the coastguard that a trawler was in distress twenty-eight miles away, but she was picked up by another steamer.
—Rewards, £16 10s..
Mrs Lilian Platts
Mrs Lilian Platts who joined the Bristol Ladies Lifeboat Guild in 1942 and was its treasurer from 1956 to 1977.
She was awarded a silver badge in 1967 and a gold badge in 1976..
Category: Obituaries
A Motor Fishing Boat
JANUARY 12TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A motor fishing boat was overdue, owing to the failure of her engine, but she was able to put it right. - Rewards, £10 11s. 3d..