LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
For Her 1981-82 Charity the Mayoress Canterbury Mrs Owen Wildman
For her 1981-82 charity, the Mayoress of Canterbury, Mrs Owen Wildman, chose the RNLI as her special charity and raised more than £4,000 for Whitstable lifeboat station. Of that amount, her husband the Mayor, Councillor 'Biff... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Severn Class Lifeboat. the Whiteheads, for St.Mary's on the Isles of Scilly.
Main: Supporter Miss Olive Whitehead bequeathed the whole of her residuary estate to the lifeboat service with the request that it be used to fund a lifeboat named in memory of her parents.
The legacy amounted to around... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
Scotland South Division Two lifeboats capsize and right A DANISH CARGO VESSEL, Lone Diinia, in distress six miles north west of Skerryvore Lighthouse was reported by HM Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Barra Island lifeboat station at...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Crossword—2
The winners of the October crossword were: 1st prize (watch), Mrs. Laura S. Lamb, Lloyds Bank House, Broadway, Worcs.; 2nd prize (£1), Mr. J. A. Porter, 149 Coast Drive, Lydd-on-Sea, Kent; 3rd prize (£1), Mr. P....
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
THE PERIOD of a little over a quarter of a century during which the late Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, was the Institution's President, will almost certainly be looked back upon by future historians of the life-boat service as one of...
Category: Articles
Desmond Carrington (Right) Digs Deep In the Drum for the Winning Ticket In the Rnli's Draw
Desmond Carrington (right) digs deep in the drum for the winning ticket in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery draw. With him are Anthony Oliver (centre) deputy head of fund raising and marketing and Peter Holness, corporate fund raising... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Station Profile
Skegness is a holidaymaker's town with tourism being by far the main industry. The winter population of just 15,000 rises to around 170,000 during the summer bringing major traffic problems - which can badly delay the crew on their way...
Category: Articles
Ahoy there!
Q What do a gallantry medallist, a member of the Royal Family and a soap star have in common?
A They are all former members of Storm Force!
There’s one...
Category: Articles
New Life-Boats
A NEW Life-boat Station has been formed at St. Abbs (Berwickshire), the Life-boat being of the Watson type, 38 ft. by 10 ft., with motor installation.
The Life-boats at the following Stations have recently been replaced by...
Category: Articles
The Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 27th of October, 1948, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the...
Category: Meetings