LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Young School Girls Claire Durbin and Claire Wates Organised a Sponsored Swim on Behalf of the Rnli In the Swimming Pool of Button High School All Ten of The
Two young school girls, Claire Durbin and Claire Wates, organised a sponsored swim on behalf of the RNLI in the swimming pool of Button High School. All ten of the 10-year-old girls taking part completed the maximum half mile, and between... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Elsie Farr
Mrs Elsie Farr. honorary life president of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society and widow of Grahame Farr. Mr Farr was honorary archivist of the LBES and after his death she took over the task of providing information from the archives and...
Category: Obituaries
Mr T Downing
Mr T. Downing MBE, honorary secretary of Barrow Station Branch since 1949, being the assistant honorary secretary and treasurer from 1946-1949. He was awarded a pair of binoculars in 1960, a gold badge in 1975 and a bar to the gold badge in...
Category: Obituaries
Drawing the Winning Tickets for the 50Th National Lottery Head of Fund Raising and Marketing Ian Ventham (Left) Addresses the Gathering With Actresses Jean Bo
Drawing the winning tickets for the 50th National Lottery. Head of Fund Raising and Marketing, Ian Ventham, (left) addresses the gathering with actresses Jean Boht and Eileen Pollock from the TV series 'Bread' on the right. Corporate... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Skegness - Mersey Class Lincolnshire Poacher
Rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of the guests and spectators who had come to see the naming ceremony of Skegness' new Mersey class lifeboat Lincolnshire Poacher, and the opening of the station's new boathouse. (Photo Jeff... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tasty Cake
Mr Grant Hodgkinson of Grant's Sandwich Bar in Holmes Chapel presented the local committee with a cake designed in the shape of a lifeboat, which was to be first prize in the Christmas raffle.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Salute from Search and Rescue Colleagues: a Wessex Helicopter from Portland Naval Base
Salute from search and rescue colleagues: a Wessex helicopter from Portland naval base flies overhead, streaming an RNLI flag, as, after her naming, RNLB Ralph and Bonella Farrant gives a demonstration run in Holes Bay.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Norman Clark (1902-1920) Perhaps One of the Best Loved of North Berwick's Pulling and Sailing Lifeboats on Winter Service (Left) Here Can Be Seen Something of the Wild F
Norman Clark (1902-1920), perhaps one of the best loved of North Berwick's pulling ami sailing lifeboats, on winter service (left). Here can be seen something of the wild fury of which the sea is capable on this rockv shore.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aerokits Ltd
For the craftsman in model boat building A 1:1 scale model in wood Price: £34.95 (portholes, lifebelt, propellers and numbers not included) The 48' 6" Solent Class Life-boat by (by arrangement with the R.N.L.I.) EROKITS LTD...
Category: Advertisement
Walter Digory Crowther
July 1983 Walter Digory Crowther, coxswain of Plymouth lifeboat from 1939 to 1961, after serving as second coxswain from 1930 to 1939. Walter Crowther, who first joined the crew in 1926, was awarded the bronze medal in 1942..
Category: Obituaries