LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ken Quinney
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
M.F.V. Dumnonia
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...
Front Cover
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,
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
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
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
Vernon Evans,
Feb 1998 Vernon Evans, Cardigan helmsman from 1971 to 1986, station honorary secretary from 1986 to 1991 and DLAfrom 1991 to 1998. He was also chairman of the station management committee from 1996 until his death. Vernon has been previously...
Category: Obituaries
Another Day... Another Service!
Another day... another service! Poole's Atlantic 75 was called out a couple of weeks before the events chronicled above, and while in the middle of her naming ceremony, when Poole's shallows and tidal streams caught out another yacht... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tom Jenkinson,
Tom Jenkinson, coxswain of the Filey lifeboat from 1967 to 1980.
Tom first joined the Filey lifeboat crew in 1947 and became bowman in 1959. He was appointed second coxswain in 1963.
Category: Obituaries
A 'Landmarc' Campaign
Pictured at Okehampton Army Camp in the relief D class lifeboat Helen Olive Palmer are: Clovelly Crew Member Adam Campbell-Carnett, Landmarc Commercial Director Steve Utley, Regional Operations Manager for ATE South West Graham Lofts,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs