LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Lifeboat Queen : 16-Year-Old Jane Wilson Was Crowned By Ronnie Hilton at Flamborough Ladies' Guild Gala In July With Her Are Three of Her Attendants Pat Wilkins
A lifeboat queen . ..: 16-year-old Jane Wilson was crowned by Ronnie Hilton at Flamborough ladies' guild gala in July. With her are three of her attendants, Pat Wilkinson and Bridget and Andrea Waud; the fourth attendant, Stephanie... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Long Tow
WHEN THE new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami on 5th September, 1967» went to the aid of the m.v. Aureity, whose steering gear had broken down, no one knew then that the life-boat would end up by towing the auxiliary cutter...
Category: Services
The Lucky Dip By Joyce Dunford
EDINBURGH'S PERMANENT LIFEBOAT SHOP, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN 'IN BUSINESS' FOR TEN YEARS by Joyce Dunford MANY ARE THE WAYS of raising money for the RNLI, but one of the most unusual is the Edinburgh shop, rightly named 'The Lucky...
Category: Articles
Change of Title of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
MOST of our readers are already aware that the title of the above Society has been recently altered to that of the " ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION—founded in 1824 for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck;" they may not,...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
Shoreline
IT is ALWAYS pleasing to report that one of our Shoreline clubs has been actively involved in fund raising. Such a club is No 8 at Peterborough which, in conjunction with the local RNLI branch, ran a very successful SOS day in Ferry Meadows...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
ON HER EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY, August 4, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was sent the following telegram by our Chairman, the Duke of Atholl: 'Members of the RNLI Committee of Management, lifeboat crews, voluntary workers and staff thank...
Category: Articles
A Steamer (21)
JULY 4TH . - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer had been bombed and sunk, four of her crew being killed, but the seven survivors, three badly wounded, were picked up by a patrol boat. - Rewards, £5 18s..
The R.N.L.I. Maintains a Fleet of Reserve Life-Boats, and Last Year Boats Built As Far Back As 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1939 Were Included.
The R.N.L.I. maintains a fleet of reserve life-boats, and last year boats built as far back as 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1939 were included. It is after a period in the reserve fleet that such life-boats are put up for private sale. The life-boat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. Edward Dean, Oldham
Mr. Edward Dean, honorary sec- retary of the Oldham branch, who died on 3rd March of this year, had been associated with its work for forty-one years. In 1931 he was awarded the Institution's gold badge for his long and distinguished...
Category: Obituaries