LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Rescues by IRBs in March were undertaken by the following stations: SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT Whitstable, Kent - At 6 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, following the completion of a previous service, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a...

ON A CLEAR DAY at Walmer the unaccustomed visitor can be forgiven for doubting his own knowledge of geography when he sees the bold outline of France, seemingly only a pebble's throw across the curving surface of the English Channel....

• There is a rich seam of historical booklets to report this autumn: In recent years it has been recognised that a boat specifically for lifesaving was established at Formby Point on the approaches to Liverpool as early as 1776....

TUESDAY MAY 21, 1985 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: A.M.

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS: P.M.

There was much to please RNLI supporters in what the Institution's chairman, the Duke of Atholl, had to say in his two...

AGM 1986. Governors please note The RNLI's annual meetings for 1986 will take place on Tuesday May 13 at the South Bank, London. The governor's annual general meeting will be held in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at 11.30 am and the...

Lady Birsay MB CHB. president of Edinburgh Ladies' guild since 1967 and member of executive committee of Scottish Lifeboat Council representing Edinburgh (permanent seat) since 1969. She was awarded a silver badge in 1988..

Deaths It is with regret that we report the following deaths: Jim Simmonds Minehead lifeboat guild committee member Eric Outfield Penarth station chairman Arthur Yarrow Welling branch honorary treasurer Harry Flockton Halifax branch vice...

Dispatches ’Twas the season … Thousands of RNLI volunteers around the UK and Republic of Ireland were on call over the recent holiday period. It’s too early for 2006 statistics, but from Christmas Eve 2005 to 2 January 2006 volunteer...