LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November show that so far during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,594 times (an average of more than 9 launches a day) More than 1,190 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3...

Harwell Apprentice Training School raised £355 for the lifeboats by winning the 24-hour pedal race at Bristol last February; the team finished first in afield of 24, beating its nearest rival by eight miles. Mrs Wendy Nelson, RO (South)... - View image in PDF

The brand new Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2015 is out now, priced at £7.

This annual guide includes up-to-date details of all the RNLI’s offshore and inshore lifeboats, and is the most complete listing...

Sing United entertained a sell-out audience at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle, in their first show together as a choir – raising a remarkable £1,339 to help save lives at sea. Pupils from Stocksfield Avenue Primary School and Stormy...

Torbay, Devonshire.—10th September, 1939. A small sailing dinghy, which had left Paignton at two in the afternoon had not returned at ten that night, but it was learned later that she had got in safely.—Rewards, £9 13s..

Mrs Betsy Willcocks, chairman of Horley & District ladies' guild. She first joined the committee in 1959 holding various offices until her election as chairman in 1973 and was awarded a Gold badge at a special ceremony in February...

Mrs Gladys Worth, founder member of Filton ladies' guild in 1963 and committee member from 1966 to 1984. She was chairman from 1971 until 1979.

The guild ceased to function in 1984..

JAN. 14TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.

A small sailing boat bound from Leith to Dunbar was overdue. She took shelter at Cockenzie and the life-boat was recalled by wireless.-Rewards, £14 11s. 6d..