LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 11th April, 1895.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous Meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre- spondence,...
Category: Committee
The Mooring Vessel Airmoor II
Buckle, Banffshire.—At 12.55 in the afternoon of the 23rd of December, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore off Great Western Road, Buckpool, and the motor life- boat K.B.M. was launched at 1.20.
The...
Focus on Scarborough
WHEN I arrived at Scarborough, on the Yorkshire coast, night was falling. Down on the fish pier lights twinkled as the wind, the restless wind, tugged at lamp fittings. Sand, like powdered snow, drifted along the promenade, and the wind...
Category: Articles
On 21st June, 1970—The 30th Anniversary of the Evacuation of Dunkirk,
On 21st June, 1970—the 30th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in May/June, 1940—a fleet of little ships of Dunkirk fame gathered in a huge circle off the coast of Thanet. Here a French sailor is shown casting a wreath from the town... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Garden Bird Feeding
THE ULTIMATE GARDEN BIRD FEEDING GUIDE to ton jw ptoi Jute a tern for wiM Ms/ to every bird lover! Why, When and What to feed! Everything for your garden birds in one unique publication, including Top Quality Foods (peanuts, seeds, mixes,...
Category: Advertisement
The Great Storm
THE great storm of the 31st of January —1st of February, 1953, has had a chronicler of distinction in Mr. J.
Lennox Kerr.* Mr. Kerr has recorded the happen- ings at sea around our coasts on those two extraordinary days when...
Category: Articles
At Informal Gathering of Delegates Mr Mikko Mannio Finland Presents Cut-Glass Bowl and Flag to Commander Swann on Table Scroll Prepared By French Delegation
At informal gathering of delegates, Mr Mikko Mannio, Finland, presents cut-glass bowl and flag to Commander Swann. On table, scroll prepared by French delegation on behalf of many of the world's lifeboat services, and 100-year-old copper... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Martyn Joyce the Young Son of Loughborough and the District Branch's Publicity Officer David Joyce Raised £28 In Five Weeks Selling Rnli Souvenirs at His School Rot
Martyn Joyce, the young son of Loughborough and the District branch's publicity officer, David Joyce, raised £28 in five weeks selling RNLI souvenirs at his school, Rothley Primary School. Martyn presented the money to Loughborough... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Steve Vince, the Coxswain of Poole's Brede Class Lifeboat Holds One of the Winning Tickets In the Draw for the RNLI's 69Th Quarterly Lottery
Steve Vince, the coxswain of Poole's Brede class lifeboat holds one of the winning tickets in the draw for the RNLI's 69th quarterly lottery.With him are members of the Poole crew and Anthony Oliver, the Institution's deputy head... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
May Lily
Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.— At 7.16 on the morning of the 17th ofApril, 1951, a fisherman telephoned the Filey life-boat authorities that he had picked up a message on his wireless set: the fishing boat May Lily, of Scar-...