LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chuckles from the 1930s
Thirty odd years ago it was my duty and my privilege to act as escort to Sir Godfrey Baring, K.B.E., then Chairman of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, on his frequent visits to the North West District and, at a later period, to...
Category: Articles
Life-Belts for Fishermen
IN 1882 the Committee of the Institution, being deeply impressed with the serious loss of life from drowning taking place year by year from the Fishing Vessels working to and from the coasts of the United Kingdom, decided, with the hope of...
Category: Articles
Jersey: (Right) Hm Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Presents St.Helier Lifeboat Station's Centenary Vellum to Captain Roy
Jersey: (Right) HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother presents St Helier lifeboat station's centenary vellum to Captain Roy Builen, honorary secretary of Jersey Branch. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
News
News ‘A treasure trove!’ This is just one glowing comment from a visitor to the RNLI’s new Henry Blogg museum in Cromer – and now ‘official’ accolades have followed.
The building's contemporary design follows the curve...
Category: Articles
Service of Thanksgiving In Liverpool Cathedral
A SPECIAL service was held in Liverpool Cathedral on 26th November, 1933, at which some 200 people were present, in remembrance of those who, by their generosity and self-sacrifice, had brought into being the life-boat...
Category: Articles
New Ways of Raising Money
MRS. BOUTWOOD, honorary secretary of the Stanmore branch, has been holding gramophone evenings for young people, contributions for the entertainment being given to the Life- boat Service.
An unusual dance for those in their...
Category: Donations
First Aid for the Shipwrecked
Scheme of Co-operation between the Institution, the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the British Red Cross and St. Andrew's Ambulance Association.
By GEORGE F. SHEE, M.A., Secretary of the Institution.
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Category: Articles
The Lifeboat's 500th Issue By Norman Hicks
MILESTONE IN HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL' RNU magazine's 500th issueLONDON lay beneath a blanket of snow and the normal clatter of carriages pulling up outside 20 John Street, Adelphi (just off The Strand) was muffled by its glistening...
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Two Figures
Two figures, representing lifeboatmen of 1882 and 1982 and sculptured by Bernard Schwartz, are being produced b The History of Porcelain Company, High Street, Shoreham Village, Sevenoaks, Kent ("Tel: Otford 3416). Until September 1982... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1856
Moved by WILLIAM COTTON, Esq., F.R.S., late Governor of the Bank of England, and seconded by Rear-Admiral C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, C.B.
1. That the Report now read be adopted and circulated.
Moved by...
Category: Meetings